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 |
|---|---|
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| embryonic | of or relating to an embryo |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
| tenuous | having little substance or strength : flimsy |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| kindred | of a similar nature or character : like |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| machiavellian | of or relating to Machiavelli or Machiavellianism |
| mobile | capable of moving or being moved : movable |
| collected | gathered together |