GRE Word List
CALLIGRAPHY
beautiful writing; excellent penmanship
The meaning of the word calligraphy is beautiful writing; excellent penmanship.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| canard | unfounded false rumor; exaggerated false report |
| conversant | familiar with; having knowledge of |
| transcendent | exceeding ordinary limits; superior; surpassing; V. transcend: go beyond; exceed; surpass; N. transcendancy |
| unerringly | infallibly; ADJ. unerring: making no mistakes |
| dynamo | generator for producing electricity; energetic person |
| foil | defeat; frustrate; prevent from being successful; thwart; CF. fail |
| travail | strenuous work; toil; painful labor; labor of childbirth |
| effeminate | having womanly traits |
| profligate | wasteful (of money); dissipated; wildly immoral; dissolute; N: profligate person; N. profligacy |
| pretension | pretentiousness; claim (without foundation); Ex. I make no pretensions to skill as an artist. |