GRE Word List
ANTHOLOGY
a collection of selected literary pieces or passages or works of art or music
The meaning of the word anthology is a collection of selected literary pieces or passages or works of art or music.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| laborious | involving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous |
| tipple | to drink liquor especially by habit or to excess |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| stygian | of or relating to the river Styx |
| braid | to make from braids |
| maniacal | affected with or suggestive of madness |
| turgid | excessively embellished in style or language : bombastic |
| shoddy | a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo |
| warren | a place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant) |
| plutocracy | government by the wealthy |