GRE Word List
CALLIGRAPHY
beautiful writing; excellent penmanship
The meaning of the word calligraphy is beautiful writing; excellent penmanship.
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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. |