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
rama male sheep
wizenedto become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality
patentopen to public inspection
egotisticalcharacterized by egotism : having, showing, or arising from an exaggerated sense of self-importance
practicalof, relating to, or manifested in practice or action : not theoretical or ideal
wantonmerciless
inadvertentlyunintentional
rifeprevalent especially to an increasing degree
intellectthe power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge
maculatedmarked with spots : blotched