GRE Word List
FORTE
one's strong point
The meaning of the word forte is one's strong point.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| horde | a political subdivision of central Asian nomads |
| impassive | giving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless |
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
| linger | to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry |
| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |