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 |
|---|---|
| tribute | something given or contributed voluntarily as due or deserved |
| inculcate | to teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions |
| esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
| analogy | a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect |
| ordination | the act or an instance of ordaining : the state of being ordained |
| disavowal | to deny responsibility for : repudiate |
| expenditure | the act or process of expending |
| poignancy | the quality or state of being poignant |
| tickle | to touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements |
| perimeter | the boundary of a closed plane figure |