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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| purchase | to obtain by paying money or its equivalent : buy |
| foppish | foolish |
| defame | to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel |
| pristine | belonging to the earliest period or state : original |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| maraud | to roam about and raid in search of plunder |
| authoritarian | of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority |
| churlish | of, resembling, or characteristic of a churl : vulgar |
| bog | wet spongy ground |
| varnish | a liquid preparation that when applied to a surface dries to form a hard lustrous typically transparent coating |