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 |
|---|---|
| vital | of the utmost importance |
| infernal | of or relating to a nether world of the dead |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |
| velocity | quickness of motion : speed |
| finish | to come to an end : terminate |
| beleaguer | besiege |
| inamorata | a woman with whom one is in love or has intimate relations |
| slick | having a smooth surface : slippery |
| plummet | to fall perpendicularly |