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 |
|---|---|
| dribble | to issue sporadically and in small bits |
| venial | of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable |
| noncommittal | giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling |
| magnitude | great size or extent |
| defame | to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel |
| saturnine | born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn |
| anonymity | the quality or state of being anonymous |
| miscellany | separate writings collected in one volume |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |