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 |
|---|---|
| bacchanalia | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |
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| renegade | a deserter from one faith, cause, or allegiance to another |
| inert | lacking the power to move |
| ludicrous | amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity |
| malingerer | to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |
| soliloquy | the act of talking to oneself |
| amass | to collect for oneself : accumulate |
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