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 |
|---|---|
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |
| cohere | to hold together firmly as parts of the same mass |
| stellar | of or relating to the stars : astral |
| feasible | capable of being done or carried out |
| disjointed | being thrown out of orderly function |
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| revelry | noisy partying or merrymaking |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| plaster | a medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance |
| disdain | a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn |