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 |
|---|---|
| tactile | perceptible by touch : tangible |
| languish | to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated |
| fleck | streak |
| derogatory | expressive of a low opinion : disparaging |
| heterodox | contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : unorthodox |
| apothegm | a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism |
| fiend | devil |
| nurse | a person who cares for the sick or infirm |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| egotistical | characterized by egotism : having, showing, or arising from an exaggerated sense of self-importance |