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 |
|---|---|
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| wrangle | to dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker |
| convoke | to call together to a meeting |
| automaton | a mechanism that is relatively self-operating |
| metallurgical | the science and technology of metals |
| elucidate | to make lucid especially by explanation or analysis |
| succulent | full of juice : juicy |
| precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |
| dolt | a stupid person |
| incubus | an evil spirit that lies on persons in their sleep |