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 |
|---|---|
| humanitarian | a person promoting human welfare and social reform : philanthropist |
| cryptic | secret |
| intimidate | to make timid or fearful : frighten |
| molt | to shed hair, feathers, shell, horns, or an outer layer periodically |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| profusion | lavish expenditure : extravagance |
| cohesion | the act or state of sticking together tightly |
| probe | a slender medical instrument used especially for exploration (as of a wound or body cavity) |
| snicker | to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter |
| oligarchy | government by the few |