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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construeto analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part)
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nomenclaturename
blatantnoisy especially in a vulgar or offensive manner : clamorous
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