GRE Word List
EMBODY
to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate
The meaning of the word embody is to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| necromancy | conjuration (see conjure |
| putrescent | undergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid |
| expostulation | an act or an instance of expostulating |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| perspicacious | of acute mental vision or discernment : keen |
| continence | the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily |
| approbation | commendation |
| litigation | the act, process, or practice of settling a dispute in a court of law : the act or process of litigating |
| contend | to strive or vie in contest or rivalry or against difficulties : struggle |