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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conscripta conscripted person (such as a military recruit)
paradigmexample
whorla drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle
fracasa noisy quarrel : brawl
sovereignone possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty
monographa learned treatise on a small area of learning
actuateto put into mechanical action or motion
graduateto receive an academic degree or diploma
flukeflatfish
humorthat quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality