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 |
|---|---|
| gall | brazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence |
| faction | a party or group (as within a government) that is often contentious or self-seeking : clique |
| hideous | offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| effete | no longer fertile |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| inebriate | one who is drunk |
| putrefy | to make putrid |
| quarry | game |
| coda | a concluding musical section that is formally distinct from the main structure |