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 |
|---|---|
| propensity | an often intense natural inclination or preference |
| antiquated | outmoded or discredited by reason of age : old and no longer useful, popular, or accepted |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| flourish | to grow luxuriantly : thrive |
| dissemble | to hide under a false appearance |
| descry | to catch sight of |
| fractious | tending to be troublesome : unruly |
| accelerate | to move faster : to gain speed |
| balk | to refuse abruptly |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |