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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| peregrination | to travel especially on foot : walk |
| submerge | to put under water |
| dire | exciting horror |
| emasculate | to deprive of strength, vigor, or spirit : weaken |
| practicable | capable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| cohere | to hold together firmly as parts of the same mass |
| adroit | having or showing skill, cleverness, or resourcefulness in handling situations |
| orgy | secret ceremonial rites held in honor of an ancient Greek or Roman deity and usually characterized by ecstatic singing and dancing |
| gusty | the sensation of taste |