GRE Word List
FORTE
one's strong point
The meaning of the word forte is one's strong point.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
| stink | to emit a strong offensive odor |
| rousing | giving rise to excitement : stirring |
| mason | a skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick) |
| underlying | lying beneath or below |
| kleptomaniac | a person evidencing kleptomania |
| effete | no longer fertile |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |
| adjuration | a solemn oath |
| contusion | injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise |