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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arch-a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening)
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stanchto check or stop the flowing of
imperceptiblenot perceptible by a sense or by the mind : extremely slight, gradual, or subtle
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paraphrasea restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form