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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |
| taciturn | temperamentally disinclined to talk |
| base | the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation |
| jocular | said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful |
| conclave | a private meeting or secret assembly |
| avantgarde | group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| dribble | to issue sporadically and in small bits |
| banal | lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite |
| onus | burden |