GRE Word List

FORLORN

bereft

The meaning of the word forlorn is bereft.

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curtailto make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part
mangeany of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange
remitto lay aside (a mood or disposition) partly or wholly
sledgesledgehammer
thematicof, relating to, or constituting a theme
depreciateto lower in honor or esteem
acerbitythe quality of being acerbic
repellentserving or tending to drive away or ward off
cadeta younger brother or son
posteritythe offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation