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 |
|---|---|
| mesmerize | to subject to mesmerism |
| tactile | perceptible by touch : tangible |
| brood | the young of an animal or a family of young |
| forthcoming | being about to appear or to be produced or made available |
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| conformist | one who conforms : a person who behaves in accordance with prevailing standards or customs and typically dislikes or avoids unconventional behavior |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| title | the distinguishing name of a written, printed, or filmed production |
| herbivorous | feeding on plants |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |