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 |
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| blue | of the color whose hue is that of the clear sky : of the color blue (see blue |
| sleight | deceitful craftiness |
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| resentment | a feeling of indignant displeasure or persistent ill will at something regarded as a wrong, insult, or injury |
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| talisman | an object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune |
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