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 |
|---|---|
| plight | to put or give in pledge : engage |
| manipulate | to treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner |
| rebuff | to reject or criticize sharply : snub |
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
| amok | an episode of sudden mass assault against people or objects usually by a single individual following a period of brooding that has traditionally been regarded as occurring especially in Malaysian culture but is now increasingly viewed as psychopathological behavior occurring worldwide in numerous countries and cultures |
| carcinogenic | producing or tending to produce cancer |
| iridescent | having or exhibiting iridescence |
| castigation | to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism |
| outstrip | to go faster or farther than |
| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |