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 |
|---|---|
| upbraid | to criticize severely : find fault with |
| impetus | a driving force : impulse |
| irrelevant | not relevant : inapplicable |
| wreak | bring about |
| maudlin | drunk enough to be emotionally silly |
| debase | to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character |
| beatitude | a state of utmost bliss |
| feint | something feigned |
| inscrutable | not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood : mysterious |
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |