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 |
|---|---|
| blighted | affected with blight (see blight |
| verbiage | a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content |
| carat | a unit of fineness for gold equal to ¹/₂₄ part of pure gold in an alloy |
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |
| chasm | a deep cleft in the surface of a planet (such as the earth) : gorge |
| reminiscence | apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence |
| sleight | deceitful craftiness |
| nauseous | causing nausea or disgust : nauseating |
| condone | to regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless |
| feasible | capable of being done or carried out |