GRE Word List

FORUM

the marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business

The meaning of the word forum is the marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business.

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WordMeaning
shangri-laa remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia
awla pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood)
coincidencethe act or condition of coinciding : correspondence
occludeto close up or block off : obstruct
draughta rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task
sundryincluding many things of different kinds : miscellaneous
obtusenot pointed or acute : blunt
extenuateto lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate
sophistrysubtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation
fanfarea short and lively sounding of trumpets