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 |
|---|---|
| modish | fashionable |
| patina | a usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color |
| gawk | a clumsy stupid person : lout |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| collusion | secret agreement or cooperation especially for an illegal or deceitful purpose |
| advocacy | the act or process of supporting a cause or proposal : the act or process of advocating (see advocate |
| bicameral | having, consisting of, or based on two legislative chambers (see chamber |
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |
| nebula | any of numerous clouds of gas or dust in interstellar space |
| simian | of, relating to, or resembling monkeys or apes |