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 |
|---|---|
| skim | to clear (a liquid) of scum or floating substance |
| recess | the action of receding : recession |
| lust | usually intense or unbridled sexual desire : lasciviousness |
| serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |
| fathom | a unit of length equal to six feet (1.83 meters) used especially for measuring the depth of water |
| occident | west |
| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |
| vertex | the top of the head |
| quarry | game |
| insurmountable | incapable of being surmounted : insuperable |