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 |
|---|---|
| dilapidated | decayed, deteriorated, or fallen into partial ruin especially through neglect or misuse |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |
| wage | a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis |
| plutocracy | government by the wealthy |
| cognitive | of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering) |
| mollify | to soothe in temper or disposition : appease |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |
| complaisant | marked by an inclination to please or oblige |
| terminal | leading ultimately to death : fatal |