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 |
|---|---|
| impermeable | not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance |
| adjoin | to add or attach by joining |
| culinary | of or relating to the kitchen or cookery |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| flip | to toss so as to cause to turn over in the air |
| abnegation | denial |
| protrude | to jut out from the surrounding surface or context |
| simulate | to give or assume the appearance or effect of often with the intent to deceive : imitate |
| conclave | a private meeting or secret assembly |
| imperial | of, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor |