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 |
|---|---|
| emasculate | to deprive of strength, vigor, or spirit : weaken |
| talon | the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey |
| mannered | having manners of a specified kind |
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |
| unprepossessing | not tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing |
| obsidian | a dark natural glass formed by the cooling of molten lava |
| absolve | to set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt |
| douse | to plunge into water |
| unsightly | not pleasing to the sight : not comely |
| latent | present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic |