GRE Word List
FORLORN
bereft
The meaning of the word forlorn is bereft.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| mange | any 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 |
| remit | to lay aside (a mood or disposition) partly or wholly |
| sledge | sledgehammer |
| thematic | of, relating to, or constituting a theme |
| depreciate | to lower in honor or esteem |
| acerbity | the quality of being acerbic |
| repellent | serving or tending to drive away or ward off |
| cadet | a younger brother or son |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |