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 |
|---|---|
| overt | open to view : manifest |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| minion | a servile dependent, follower, or underling |
| incompatible | not compatible: such as |
| matrimony | the state of being married : marriage |
| drudgery | dull, irksome, and fatiguing work : uninspiring or menial labor |
| aseptic | preventing infection |
| carapace | a bony or chitinous case or shield covering the back or part of the back of an animal (such as a turtle or crab) |
| gaffe | a social or diplomatic blunder |
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |