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 |
|---|---|
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |
| impermeable | not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance |
| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |
| unobtrusive | not obtrusive : not blatant, arresting, or aggressive : inconspicuous |
| masochist | a person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism |
| bigotry | obstinate or intolerant devotion to one's own opinions and prejudices : the state of mind of a bigot |
| regimen | a systematic plan (as of diet, therapy, or medication) especially when designed to improve and maintain the health of a patient |
| amphibian | an amphibious organism |
| ferment | to undergo fermentation |
| incoherent | lacking coherence: such as |