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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WordMeaning
institutionalizeto make into an institution : give character of an institution to
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temporizeto act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion
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detrimentalobviously harmful : damaging
cremateto subject to cremation
incongruitythe quality or state of being incongruous
spoonerisma transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil)
gluttonone given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking
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