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
anachronisman error in chronology
defrayto provide for the payment of : pay
bravehaving or showing mental or moral strength to face danger, fear, or difficulty : having or showing courage
veracioustruthful
hiatusa break in or as if in a material object : gap
antecedentsa substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him")
resoundto become filled with sound : reverberate
nullifyto make null (see null
sensuousof or relating to the senses or sensible objects
obliqueneither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined