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 |
|---|---|
| piety | the quality or state of being pious: such as |
| threadbare | having the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby |
| boost | to push or shove up from below |
| glutinous | having the quality of glue : gummy |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |
| generality | the quality or state of being general |
| complaisant | marked by an inclination to please or oblige |
| decrepitude | the quality or state of being decrepit |
| puny | slight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak |