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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| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
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| falsify | to prove or declare false : disprove |
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| vendor | one that vends : seller |
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| threat | an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage |