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 |
|---|---|
| unravel | to disengage or separate the threads of : disentangle |
| cadet | a younger brother or son |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| cognizance | a distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing) |
| flowery | of, relating to, or resembling flowers |
| anthropologist | the science of human beings |
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
| divulge | to make known (something, such as a confidence or secret) |