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 |
|---|---|
| tawdry | cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality |
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| innovation | a new idea, method, or device : novelty |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |
| clarion | a medieval trumpet with clear shrill tones |
| stalemate | a drawing position in chess in which a player is not in checkmate but has no legal move to play |
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| replete | fully or abundantly provided or filled |
| abut | to border on : to touch along an edge |
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