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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| flounder | flatfish |
| unique | being the only one : sole |
| covetous | marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions |
| swelter | to suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| curb | an edging (as of concrete) built along a street to form part of a gutter |
| indomitable | incapable of being subdued : unconquerable |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| effective | producing a decided, decisive, or desired effect |
| apropos | being both relevant and opportune |