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 |
|---|---|
| inculcate | to teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions |
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |
| pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |
| deify | to make a god of |
| talon | the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey |
| incongruity | the quality or state of being incongruous |
| acerbity | the quality of being acerbic |
| loll | to hang loosely or laxly : droop |
| epicure | one with sensitive and discriminating tastes especially in food or wine |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |