GRE Word List
FORTE
strong point or special talent in a person's character
The meaning of the word forte is strong point or special talent in a person's character.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| camaraderie | good-fellowship; CF. comrade |
| promiscuous | mixed indiscriminately; indiscriminate; not choosing carefully; indiscriminate in the choice of sexual partners; irregular, particularly sexually; Ex. promiscuous life/girl; N. promiscuity |
| capillary | having a very fine bore; resembling a hair; fine and slender; Ex. capillary attraction; N: very fine hairlike tube; CF. capillarity |
| waggish | humorous; mischievous; tricky |
| afterlife | life after death; later part of one's life |
| dissipate | squander; waste foolishly; scatter |
| mercantile | concerning trade or merchants |
| blues | state of depression or melancholy; style of slow, mournful music (evolved from southern Black American songs) |
| fraught | filled (with something unpleasant); full; Ex. fraught with danger and difficulties; CF. freight |
| decant | pour off gently (wine or liquid) |
