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 |
|---|---|
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |
| contrived | having an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial |
| incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |
| facet | any of the definable aspects that make up a subject (as of contemplation) or an object (as of consideration) |
| diorama | a scenic representation in which a partly translucent painting is seen from a distance through an opening |
| paste | a dough that contains a considerable proportion of fat and is used for pastry crust or fancy rolls |
| transitory | of brief duration : temporary |
| vortex | something that resembles a whirlpool |
| infiltrate | to enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes |
| erratic | having no fixed course : wandering |