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
validateto make legally valid : ratify
haggardnot tamed
inflateddistended with air or gas
egothe self especially as contrasted with another self or the world
winnowto remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air
voluptuoussuggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form
astringentcausing a tightening of soft organic tissues : styptic
euphoriaa feeling of well-being or elation
gainsayto declare to be untrue or invalid
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity