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
mammalany of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans
cowerto shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays
receptiveable or inclined to receive
mayhemneedless or willful damage or violence
knacka special ready capacity that is hard to analyze or teach
precipicea very steep or overhanging place
astronomicalof or relating to astronomy
equestrianof, relating to, or featuring horseback riding
idylla simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment
haggardnot tamed