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 |
|---|---|
| upbraid | to criticize severely : find fault with |
| devout | committed or devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises |
| effluvium | an invisible emanation |
| ravage | an act or practice of ravaging |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| aggregate | formed by the collection of units or particles into a body, mass, or amount : collective |
| induct | to put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install |
| paste | a dough that contains a considerable proportion of fat and is used for pastry crust or fancy rolls |
| peremptory | putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay |