GRE Word List
FORTE
one's strong point
The meaning of the word forte is one's strong point.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| caucus | a closed meeting of a group of persons belonging to the same political party or faction usually to select candidates or to decide on policy |
| skirmish | a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements |
| paean | a joyous song or hymn of praise, tribute, thanksgiving, or triumph |
| optimum | the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end |
| motif | a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts) |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| precursor | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another |
| instigate | to goad or urge forward : provoke |
| foreshadow | to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure |
| generate | to bring into existence: such as |