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 |
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| disdain | a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn |
| painstaking | taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort |
| frivolous | of little weight or importance |
| acclimate | to adapt (someone) to a new temperature, altitude, climate, environment, or situation |
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |
| volatile | characterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change |
| outspoken | direct and open in speech or expression : frank |
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
| remote | separated by an interval or space greater than usual |