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 |
|---|---|
| pore | to gaze intently |
| graduated | marked with divisions indicating degrees or units of measurement |
| assumption | a taking to or upon oneself |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| covetous | marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions |
| headlong | headfirst |
| dint | force |
| verbose | containing more words than necessary : wordy |
| nubile | of marriageable condition or age |