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.

Random words

WordMeaning
minatoryhaving a menacing quality
pandemoniuma wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people)
annalsa record of events arranged in yearly sequence
canterone who uses cant: such as
sonorousproducing sound (as when struck)
mannerismexaggerated or affected (see affected
perspicuityplain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation
universalincluding or covering all or a whole collectively or distributively without limit or exception
trilogya series of three dramas or literary works or sometimes three musical compositions that are closely related and develop a single theme
virtualbeing such in essence or effect though not formally recognized or admitted