GRE Word List
FORLORN
bereft
The meaning of the word forlorn is bereft.
Random words
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| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
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| energize | to make energetic, vigorous, or active |
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| inured | to accustom to accept something undesirable |
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| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |