GRE Word List
EMBRACE
hug; clasp with the arms; adopt or espouse; accept readily; encircle; include; Ex. embrace the cause/socialism; Ex. all-embracing; CF. brace; CF. bracelet
The meaning of the word embrace is hug; clasp with the arms; adopt or espouse; accept readily; encircle; include; Ex. embrace the cause/socialism; Ex. all-embracing; CF. brace; CF. bracelet.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| demean | disgrace; humiliate; debase in dignity; behave |
| graze | (of an animal) feed on growing grass; cause (an animal) to feed on grass; scrape (esp. the skin) or touch lightly in passing; brush; Ex. We can't graze the cattle till summer; N: surface wound |
| legacy | gift made by a will; something handed down from an ancestor |
| detraction | slandering; aspersion; detracting; CF. detractor |
| parallelism | state of being parallel; similarity; analogy |
| motility | ability to move spontaneously; ADJ. motile: moving spontaneously |
| assert | state strongly or positively; demand recognition of (rights, claims, etc.); make a claim to (by forceful action); Ex. assert one's independence |
| mettle | courage (to continue bravely in spite of difficulties); spirit; ADJ. mettlesome |
| juncture | crisis; point in time; joining point; joint; act of joining |
| belligerent | quarrelsome |
