GRE Word List
CALLIGRAPHY
artistic, stylized, or elegant handwriting or lettering
The meaning of the word calligraphy is artistic, stylized, or elegant handwriting or lettering.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| wreak | bring about |
| windfall | something (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| volley | the flight of the ball (as in volleyball or tennis) or its course before striking the ground |
| silt | loose sedimentary material with rock particles usually ¹/₂₀ millimeter or less in diameter |
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |
| demise | death |
| ravine | a small narrow steep-sided valley that is larger than a gully and smaller than a canyon and that is usually worn by running water |
| misogynist | a person who hates or discriminates against women : a misogynistic person |
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |