GRE Word List
FORLORN
bereft
The meaning of the word forlorn is bereft.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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consensus | general agreement : unanimity |
belabor | to attack verbally |
dire | exciting horror |
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makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
tycoon | a businessperson of exceptional wealth, power, and influence : magnate |
eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |
embrace | to clasp in the arms : hug |
indentation | the blank space produced by indenting : indention |
peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |