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 |
|---|---|
| portly | dignified |
| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |
| avantgarde | group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard |
| unrequited | not requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind |
| daze | to stupefy especially by a blow : stun |
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |
| jug | a large deep container (as of glass, earthenware, or plastic) with a narrow mouth and a handle |
| premonitory | giving warning |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |