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 |
|---|---|
| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |
| boost | to push or shove up from below |
| trivia | unimportant matters : trivial facts or details |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |
| tribunal | a court or forum of justice |
| confide | to have confidence : trust |
| impassable | incapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| referendum | the principle or practice of submitting to popular vote a measure passed on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative |
| rustle | to make or cause a rustle |