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.
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minatory | having a menacing quality |
tessellated | having a checkered appearance |
reactionary | relating to, marked by, or favoring reaction |
hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
eccentric | deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways |
decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
geriatrics | a branch of medicine that deals with the problems and diseases of old age and the medical care and treatment of aging people |
ramp | a sloping way or plane: such as |