GRE Word List
FORSAKE
to renounce or turn away from entirely
The meaning of the word forsake is to renounce or turn away from entirely.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inverse | opposite in order, nature, or effect |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| incense | material used to produce a fragrant odor when burned |
| imperturbable | marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness : serene |
| idolatry | the worship of a physical object as a god |
| chuckle | to laugh inwardly or quietly |
| muggy | being warm, damp, and close |
| hull | the outer covering of a fruit or seed |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |