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 |
|---|---|
| duration | continuance in time |
| supine | lying on the back or with the face upward |
| inarticulate | incapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings |
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |
| skim | to clear (a liquid) of scum or floating substance |
| snicker | to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter |
| smolder | to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke |
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
| apiary | a place where bees are kept |