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 |
|---|---|
| indulge | to yield to the desire of : humor |
| discord | lack of agreement or harmony (as between persons, things, or ideas) |
| olfactory | of or relating to the sense of smell |
| exact | to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain |
| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |
| gouge | a chisel with a concavo-convex cross section |
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| lace | to draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |