Essential Greek Roots for the GRE: For- and Soph-

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forage
noun
food for horses or cattle
forbear
verb
refrain or abstain from
forbearance
noun
forbearing
forestall
verb
prevent, hinder, or thwart by action in advance
forfeit
noun
fine
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forge
verb
form by heating and hammering
forgery
noun
crime of falsely making or altering a writing by which the legal rights of another person
forswear
verb
reject or renounce under oath
sophisticated
adjective
altered by education, experience so as to be worldly-wise
sophistry
noun
subtle, tricky, superficially plausible, but generally fallacious method of reasoning
sophomoric
adjective
pertaining to a sophomore or sophomores

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