GRE Word List

BIENNIAL

occurring every two years

The meaning of the word biennial is occurring every two years.

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WordMeaning
panga brief piercing spasm of pain
hyperboleextravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones")
epigrama concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought
pathosan element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion
auxiliaryoffering or providing help
whorla drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle
bureaucracya body of nonelected government officials
gapeto open the mouth wide
felicitousvery well suited or expressed : apt
sequesterto set apart : segregate