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 |
|---|---|
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| incisive | impressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation) |
| adjourn | to suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| apathy | lack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness |
| ineffable | incapable of being expressed in words : indescribable |
| pervasive | existing in or spreading through every part of something |
| bacchanalia | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |