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 |
|---|---|
| dogged | marked by stubborn determination |
| elaborate | planned or carried out with great care |
| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |
| acidulous | somewhat acid or harsh in taste or manner |
| bump | a relatively abrupt convexity or protuberance on a surface: such as |
| sinister | singularly evil or productive of evil |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| suspend | to debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function |
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| inequity | injustice |