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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overblownpast the prime of bloom
impermeablenot permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance
malevolenthaving, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred
unobtrusivenot obtrusive : not blatant, arresting, or aggressive : inconspicuous
masochista person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism
bigotryobstinate or intolerant devotion to one's own opinions and prejudices : the state of mind of a bigot
regimena systematic plan (as of diet, therapy, or medication) especially when designed to improve and maintain the health of a patient
amphibianan amphibious organism
fermentto undergo fermentation
incoherentlacking coherence: such as