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 |
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| motility | the quality or state of being motile : capability of movement |
| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |
| vertigo | a sensation of motion in which the individual or the individual's surroundings seem to whirl dizzily |
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |
| chorus | a company of singers and dancers in Athenian drama participating in or commenting on the action |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| biennial | occurring every two years |
| phylum | a direct line of descent within a group |
| repository | a place, room, or container where something is deposited or stored : depository |
| gaffe | a social or diplomatic blunder |