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 |
|---|---|
| brackish | somewhat salty |
| allude | to make indirect reference |
| skim | to clear (a liquid) of scum or floating substance |
| recondite | difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep |
| tacit | expressed or carried on without words or speech |
| wiggle | to move to and fro with quick jerky or shaking motions : jiggle |
| barefaced | having the face uncovered: |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| sultry | very hot and humid : sweltering |