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 |
|---|---|
| minatory | having a menacing quality |
| tessellated | having a checkered appearance |
| reactionary | relating to, marked by, or favoring reaction |
| hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| eccentric | deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| geriatrics | a branch of medicine that deals with the problems and diseases of old age and the medical care and treatment of aging people |
| ramp | a sloping way or plane: such as |