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 |
|---|---|
| chronic | continuing or occurring again and again for a long time |
| transcribe | to make a written copy of |
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |
| anguish | extreme pain, distress, or anxiety |
| glitter | to shine by reflection with many small flashes of brilliant light : sparkle |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| epaulet | something that ornaments or protects the shoulder: such as |
| imprecation | curse |
| ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable |