GRE Word List
FORTHCOMING
happening in the near future; ready; willing to help; Ex. No answer was forthcoming.
The meaning of the word forthcoming is happening in the near future; ready; willing to help; Ex. No answer was forthcoming..
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| profane | violate; desecrate (something holy); treat unworthily; be profane for; ADJ: secular; nonreligious; irreverent for holy things |
| debonair | (of men) friendly, charming, and fashionably dressed; aiming to please; CF. of good disposition |
| casualty | serious or fatal accident; person killed or wounded in an accident or battle |
| solicit | entreat; request earnestly; seek to obtain; Ex. solicit votes; CF. solicitor: one who solicits; chief law officer |
| perspicuous | (of something) plainly expressed; easy to understand; Ex. perspicuous comments |
| petrify | turn to stone; cause to become stonelike; stun or paralyze |
| slavish | of or like a slave; servile; showing no originality; copied very closely; Ex. slavish devotion/copy of the original |
| corrugated | wrinkled; ridged |
| conspiracy | treacherous plot; secret plan against the law (by two or more people) |
| callus | area of thick hard skin |
