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 |
|---|---|
| mendicant | beggar |
| posture | the position or bearing of the body whether characteristic or assumed for a special purpose |
| precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |
| desiccate | to dry up |
| convex | curved or rounded outward like the exterior of a sphere or circle |
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |
| salacious | arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination |
| culprit | one accused of or charged with a crime |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| solecism | an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence |