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

WordMeaning
debilitateto impair the strength of : enfeeble
invalidateto make invalid
abstrusedifficult to comprehend : recondite
improprietyan improper or indecorous act or remark
ambivalencesimultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action
annealto heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle
implicationsomething implied: such as
unfeignednot feigned or hypocritical : genuine
inanimatenot animate:
bellicosefavoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars