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 |
|---|---|
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| putrid | being in a state of putrefaction : rotten |
| earmark | a mark of identification on the ear of an animal |
| terminal | leading ultimately to death : fatal |
| fickle | marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability : given to erratic changeableness |
| bate | to reduce the force or intensity of : restrain |
| rationalize | to bring into accord with reason or cause something to seem reasonable: such as |
| palpitate | to beat rapidly and strongly : throb |
| fulcrum | prop |
| loll | to hang loosely or laxly : droop |