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 |
|---|---|
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| deadpan | marked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression |
| bevy | a large group or collection |
| fissure | a narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth usually occurring from some breaking or parting |
| ligneous | of or resembling wood |
| grunt | to utter a grunt |
| bromide | a binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives |
| duration | continuance in time |
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
| bereavement | the state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone |