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 |
|---|---|
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| prodigious | causing amazement or wonder |
| glow | to shine with or as if with an intense heat |
| contrite | feeling or showing sorrow and remorse for improper or objectionable behavior, actions, etc. |
| dote | to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage |
| graphic | of or relating to the pictorial arts |
| orientation | the act or process of orienting or of being oriented |
| militia | a part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in emergency |
| velocity | quickness of motion : speed |
| carousal | a wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse |