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 |
|---|---|
| reckon | count |
| oatmeal | meal made from oats |
| retiring | reserved |
| discount | a reduction made from the gross (see gross |
| docket | a brief written summary of a document : abstract |
| regiment | a military unit consisting usually of a number of battalions |
| curfew | the sounding of a bell at evening |
| institutionalize | to make into an institution : give character of an institution to |
| wrinkle | a small ridge or furrow especially when formed on a surface by the shrinking or contraction of a smooth substance : crease |
| headlong | headfirst |