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 |
|---|---|
| viable | capable of living |
| nubile | of marriageable condition or age |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| slovenly | untidy especially in personal appearance |
| append | attach |
| arboretum | a place where trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants are cultivated for scientific and educational purposes |
| foppish | foolish |
| concentric | having a common center |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| horticultural | the science and art of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants |