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 |
|---|---|
| dulcet | sweet to the taste |
| artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |
| impart | to give, convey, or grant from or as if from a store |
| bucolic | of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen : pastoral |
| variegate | to diversify in external appearance especially with different colors : dapple |
| amass | to collect for oneself : accumulate |
| exacting | tryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| impenitent | not penitent |
| poise | balance |