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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| preponderance | a superiority in weight, power, importance, or strength |
| bait | to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks |
| scraps | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| laud | praise |
| pantomime | pantomimist |
| stately | marked by lofty or imposing dignity |
| speechless | unable to speak : dumb |
| shuffle | to mix in a mass confusedly : jumble |
| impeach | to charge with a crime or misdemeanor |
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