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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| noose | a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn |
| striated | marked with striations or striae |
| panacea | a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all |
| rightful | just |
| jocose | given to joking : merry |
| saturnine | born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn |
| luxuriate | to grow profusely : thrive |
| exonerate | to relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship |
| fluke | flatfish |
| glib | showing little forethought or preparation : offhand |