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 |
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| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| matriarch | a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state |
| taut | having no give or slack : tightly drawn |
| interrogate | to question formally and systematically |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| fecundity | fruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific |
| ovoid | resembling an egg in shape : ovate |
| choir | an organized company of singers (as in a church service) |
| diatribe | a bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing |
| abusive | using harsh, insulting language |