GRE Word List
ELEGY
a poem in elegiac couplets
The meaning of the word elegy is a poem in elegiac couplets.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |
| drastic | acting rapidly or violently |
| fret | to eat or gnaw into : corrode |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| devious | wandering |
| imbalance | lack of balance : the state of being out of equilibrium or out of proportion |
| revile | to subject to verbal abuse : vituperate |
| dissimulate | to hide under a false appearance |
| animosity | a strong feeling of dislike or hatred : ill will or resentment tending toward active hostility : an antagonistic attitude |
| aplomb | complete and confident composure or self-assurance : poise |