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 |
|---|---|
| fervent | very hot : glowing |
| corporeal | having, consisting of, or relating to a physical material body: such as |
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |
| pseudonym | a fictitious name |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| sow | an adult female swine |
| vacuous | emptied of or lacking content |
| schism | division |
| sage | one (such as a profound philosopher) distinguished for wisdom |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |