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 |
|---|---|
| exculpate | to clear from alleged fault or guilt |
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| bask | to lie or relax in a pleasant warmth or atmosphere |
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
| shrewd | marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen |
| congruent | congruous |
| promote | to advance in station, rank, or honor : raise |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
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