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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| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
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| migrant | one that migrates: such as |
| pretension | an allegation of doubtful value : pretext |
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| bent | unenclosed grassland |
| indentation | the blank space produced by indenting : indention |
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