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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| exceptionable | being likely to cause objection : objectionable |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| profligate | wildly extravagant |
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| collected | gathered together |
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| neophyte | a new convert : proselyte |
| writ | something written : writing |
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| delete | to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing |