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 |
|---|---|
| mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |
| boorish | resembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor |
| frugality | the quality or state of being frugal : careful management of material resources and especially money : thrift |
| allay | to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : alleviate |
| sophisticated | deprived of native or original simplicity: such as |
| merit | a praiseworthy quality : virtue |
| castigation | to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism |
| self-indulgence | excessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims |
| lag | one that lags or is last |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |