GRE Word List
EMBRACE
to clasp in the arms : hug
The meaning of the word embrace is to clasp in the arms : hug.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cerebral | of or relating to the brain or the intellect |
| rue | to feel penitence, remorse, or regret for |
| condone | to regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| dominate | rule |
| concur | to express agreement |
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| modish | fashionable |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |