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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ignite | to set afire |
| intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |
| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| corroborate | to support with evidence or authority : make more certain |
| criteria | a standard on which a judgment or decision may be based |
| chide | to speak out in angry or displeased rebuke |
| lust | usually intense or unbridled sexual desire : lasciviousness |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| lucre | monetary gain : profit |