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
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mayhem | needless or willful damage or violence |
insidious | having a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle |
vixen | a female fox |
aplomb | complete and confident composure or self-assurance : poise |
empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
puzzle | to offer or represent to (someone) a problem difficult to solve or a situation difficult to resolve : challenge mentally |
swamp | a wetland often partially or intermittently covered with water |
reminiscence | apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence |
hem | a border of a cloth article doubled back and stitched down |
crossbreed | hybridize |