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 |
|---|---|
| dominate | rule |
| taint | to contaminate morally : corrupt |
| rumble | to make a low heavy rolling sound |
| punitive | inflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment |
| amnesty | the act of an authority (such as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals |
| belittle | to speak slightingly of : disparage |
| daze | to stupefy especially by a blow : stun |
| mar | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| carnal | relating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites |