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 |
|---|---|
| concord | a state of agreement : harmony |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| mystic | mystical |
| simulate | to give or assume the appearance or effect of often with the intent to deceive : imitate |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| dearth | scarcity that makes dear |
| provisional | serving for the time being : temporary |
| feasible | capable of being done or carried out |
| hegemony | preponderant influence or authority over others : domination |
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |