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 |
|---|---|
| relinquish | to withdraw or retreat from : leave behind |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| purge | to clear of guilt |
| chary | discreetly cautious: such as |
| knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |
| hazard | a source of danger |
| tutelage | instruction especially of an individual |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| discourse | verbal interchange of ideas |
| anthropologist | the science of human beings |