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 |
|---|---|
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| graze | to feed on growing herbage, attached algae, or phytoplankton |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |
| obstinate | stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion |
| impinge | encroach |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| acknowledge | to recognize the rights, authority, or status of |
| infest | to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner |
| curfew | the sounding of a bell at evening |
| acetic | vinegary |