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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ordeala primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control
ascertainto find out or learn with certainty
alchemya medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life
ebullientboiling
gushto issue copiously or violently
figurativerepresenting by a figure or resemblance : emblematic
detrimentalobviously harmful : damaging
slacknot using due diligence, care, or dispatch : negligent
corollarya proposition (see proposition
rareseldom occurring or found : uncommon