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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WordMeaning
inordinateexceeding reasonable limits : immoderate
ungainlylacking in smoothness or dexterity : clumsy
fidelitythe quality or state of being faithful
immobilitynot moving : motionless
bowdlerizeto expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar
circumventto manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem
restivestubbornly resisting control : balky
promontorya high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water
degradationthe act or process of degrading
apeany of various large tailless semi-erect primates of Africa and southeastern Asia (such as the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon)