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 |
|---|---|
| agitate | to excite and often trouble the mind or feelings of : disturb |
| convoluted | having convolutions |
| incidental | being likely to ensue as a chance or minor consequence |
| whine | to utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry |
| blush | outward appearance : view |
| whittle | a large knife |
| lionize | to treat as an object of great interest or importance |
| apprehend | arrest |
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| bugaboo | an imaginary object of fear |