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 |
|---|---|
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| forge | a furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy |
| pacify | to allay the anger or agitation of : soothe |
| mace | an aromatic spice consisting of the dried external fibrous covering of a nutmeg |
| abase | to lower in rank, office, prestige, or esteem |
| rasp | to rub with something rough |
| frenzied | feeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance |
| robust | having or exhibiting strength or vigorous health |
| dexterous | mentally adroit and skillful : clever |
| polar | of or relating to a geographic pole or the region around it |