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 |
|---|---|
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| static | exerting force by reason of weight alone without motion |
| gory | covered with gore : bloodstained |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| knoll | a small round hill : mound |
| pert | saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured |
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
| catapult | an ancient military device for hurling missiles |
| prosperous | auspicious |
| perdition | eternal damnation |