GRE Word List
ELEGY
a poem in elegiac couplets
The meaning of the word elegy is a poem in elegiac couplets.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| palatial | of, relating to, or being a palace |
| deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |
| satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |
| murky | characterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke |
| recipient | one that receives : receiver |
| repel | to drive back : repulse |
| deplore | to feel or express grief for |
| prime | the second of the canonical hours |
| forthcoming | being about to appear or to be produced or made available |
| dwindle | to become steadily less : shrink |