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 |
|---|---|
| subsume | to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element |
| pigment | a substance that imparts black or white or a color to other materials |
| affinity | relationship by marriage |
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |
| flaunt | to display or obtrude oneself to public notice |
| inevitable | incapable of being avoided or evaded |
| dislodge | to drive from a position of hiding, defense, or advantage |
| negligence | the quality or state of being negligent |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |