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 |
|---|---|
| compilation | the act or process of compiling |
| prevaricate | to deviate from the truth : equivocate |
| plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
| default | failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect |
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| skirmish | a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements |
| subaltern | particular with reference to a related universal proposition |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| bacchanal | orgy |