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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|---|---|
| consummate | extremely skilled and accomplished |
| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |
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| fallow | of a light yellowish-brown color |
| foster | having, relating to, or being the relationship between a foster parent and the child who the foster parent cares for |
| rubric | an authoritative rule |
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| sensitization | the action or process of sensitizing |
| edict | a proclamation having the force of law |
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