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 |
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| misgivings | a feeling of doubt or suspicion especially concerning a future event |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| coalesce | to grow together |
| boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |
| grudge | to be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully |
| provenance | origin |
| embellish | to make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate |
| provocative | serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate |
| disparity | a noticeable and usually significant difference or dissimilarity |
| monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |