GRE Word List

ORTHOGRAPHY

the art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage

The meaning of the word orthography is the art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage.

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WordMeaning
valedictionan act of bidding farewell
anvila heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering)
halcyoncharacterized by happiness, great success, and prosperity : golden
chantto make melodic sounds with the voice
improvidentnot provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future
retortto pay or hurl back : return
ellipsisthe omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete
shamblesa meat market
lanknot well filled out : slender
maleficentworking or productive of harm or evil : baleful