GRE Word List
ANECDOTE
a usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident
The meaning of the word anecdote is a usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| epitome | a typical or ideal example : embodiment |
| inimical | being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence |
| apparent | open to view : visible |
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| abash | to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of (someone) : disconcert |
| motif | a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts) |
| clown | farmer |
| awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |
| discourse | verbal interchange of ideas |
| pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |