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
confidentialmarked by intimacy or willingness to confide
promontorya high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water
poulticea soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions
lopean easy natural gait of a horse resembling a canter
misogamya hatred of marriage
miniaturea copy on a much reduced scale
breadthdistance from side to side : width
gourmandone who is excessively fond of eating and drinking
dissensiondisagreement
crabbedmarked by a forbidding moroseness