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 |
|---|---|
| floe | floating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water |
| elastic | capable of recovering size and shape after deformation |
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| mete | to give out by measure : dole out |
| sound | a particular auditory impression : tone |
| throng | a multitude of assembled persons |
| mar | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| orifice | an opening (such as a vent, mouth, or hole) through which something may pass |