GRE Word List
FORTHRIGHT
free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point
The meaning of the word forthright is free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| diorama | a scenic representation in which a partly translucent painting is seen from a distance through an opening |
| putrescent | undergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |
| misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |
| 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 |
| spate | freshet |
| dulcet | sweet to the taste |
| rapport | a friendly, harmonious relationship |
| germ | a small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |