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 |
|---|---|
| rank | relative standing or position |
| tenure | the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office) |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| archaeology | the scientific study of material remains (such as tools, pottery, jewelry, stone walls, and monuments) of past human life and activities |
| grandeur | the quality or state of being grand : magnificence |
| indulge | to yield to the desire of : humor |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| swathe | a band used in swathing |
| choir | an organized company of singers (as in a church service) |
| integral | essential to completeness : constituent |