GRE Word List
EMBED
to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix
The meaning of the word embed is to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| grim | fierce in disposition or action : savage |
| glossary | a collection of textual glosses or of specialized terms with their meanings |
| intimate | marked by a warm friendship developing through long association |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| suborn | to induce secretly to do an unlawful thing |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| incumbent | the holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice |
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |