GRE Word List
FORTE
one's strong point
The meaning of the word forte is one's strong point.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rankle | to cause anger, irritation, or deep bitterness |
| lank | not well filled out : slender |
| cerebration | to use the mind : think |
| stupor | a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility |
| accord | to grant or give especially as appropriate, due, or earned |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| consort | associate |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |
| coddle | to cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point |