GRE Word List
ENGROSS
to copy or write in a large hand
The meaning of the word engross is to copy or write in a large hand.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| untenable | not able to be defended |
| skirmish | a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements |
| jollity | the quality or state of being jolly : merriment |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| shaving | the act of one that shaves |
| insensate | lacking sense or understanding |
| estranged | having lost former closeness and affection : in a state of alienation from a previous close or familial relationship |
| bouillon | a clear seasoned soup made usually from lean beef |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| brand | a charred piece of wood |