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 |
|---|---|
| cite | to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court) |
| concordat | compact |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| expedite | to accelerate the process or progress of : speed up |
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |
| volatile | characterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change |
| tensile | capable of tension : ductile |
| altercation | a noisy, heated, angry dispute |
| amphibian | an amphibious organism |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |