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 |
|---|---|
| boon | a timely benefit : blessing |
| subsequent | following in time, order, or place |
| suborn | to induce secretly to do an unlawful thing |
| fusillade | a number of shots fired simultaneously or in rapid succession |
| pertinent | having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand |
| veer | to change direction or course |
| preternatural | existing outside of nature |
| eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |
| misadventure | misfortune |
| luster | a glow of reflected light : sheen |