GRE Word List
FORLORN
bereft
The meaning of the word forlorn is bereft.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| whim | a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy |
| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
| errant | behaving wrongly |
| psychosomatic | of, relating to, concerned with, or involving both mind and body |
| bereft | deprived or robbed of the possession or use of something |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| vying | contending; to strive for superiority |
| fancied | imagined or believed to be true or real |
| mite | any of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors |