GRE Word List
EMBRACE
to clasp in the arms : hug
The meaning of the word embrace is to clasp in the arms : hug.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| promontory | a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| compatible | capable of existing together in harmony |
| timorous | of a timid disposition : fearful |
| tread | to step or walk on or over |
| pauper | a person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity |
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |
| evenhanded | fair |
| intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |