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 |
|---|---|
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| incommodious | not commodious : inconvenient |
| abortive | prematurely born |
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |
| consummate | extremely skilled and accomplished |
| antipathy | a strong feeling of dislike |
| voodoo | a religion that is derived from African polytheism and ancestor worship and is practiced chiefly in Haiti |
| hue | overall character or appearance to the mind : complexion |
| repast | something taken as food : meal |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |