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 |
|---|---|
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| symmetry | balanced proportions |
| ventriloquist | one who uses or is skilled in ventriloquism |
| husband | a male partner in a marriage |
| dainty | something delicious to the taste |
| obligatory | binding in law or conscience |
| 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 |
| stipend | a fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses |
| elicit | to call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response) |
| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |