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 |
|---|---|
| woeful | full of woe : grievous |
| nuptial | of or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony |
| vision | the act or power of seeing : sight |
| discerning | showing insight and understanding : discriminating |
| forum | the marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business |
| ravine | a small narrow steep-sided valley that is larger than a gully and smaller than a canyon and that is usually worn by running water |
| immobility | not moving : motionless |
| irreparable | not reparable : irremediable |
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |