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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apocryphalof doubtful authenticity : spurious
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tangentialtouching lightly : incidental
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outstripto go faster or farther than
expenditurethe act or process of expending
cognizancea distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing)
plummetto fall perpendicularly
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