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 |
|---|---|
| minatory | having a menacing quality |
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| annals | a record of events arranged in yearly sequence |
| canter | one who uses cant: such as |
| sonorous | producing sound (as when struck) |
| mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |
| perspicuity | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| universal | including or covering all or a whole collectively or distributively without limit or exception |
| trilogy | a series of three dramas or literary works or sometimes three musical compositions that are closely related and develop a single theme |
| virtual | being such in essence or effect though not formally recognized or admitted |