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

WordMeaning
hubbubnoise
psychosisa serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions
discerningshowing insight and understanding : discriminating
accompliceone associated with another especially in wrongdoing
quixoticfoolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals
gambolto skip about in play : frisk
credentialwarranting credit or confidence
dispelto drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate
pronouncedstrongly marked : decided
sobernot intoxicated