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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |
| friction | the rubbing of one body against another |
| impromptu | made, done, or formed on or as if on the spur of the moment : improvised |
| stratum | a bed or layer artificially made |
| seclusion | the act of secluding : the condition of being secluded |
| contentious | likely to cause disagreement or argument |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| scourge | whip |
| abjure | to renounce upon oath |
| poignancy | the quality or state of being poignant |