GRE Word List
FORTHCOMING
being about to appear or to be produced or made available
The meaning of the word forthcoming is being about to appear or to be produced or made available.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| loathe | to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| retain | to keep in possession or use |
| wrath | strong vengeful anger or indignation |
| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |
| fancied | imagined or believed to be true or real |
| smug | highly self-satisfied |
| quixotic | foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals |
| monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |