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 |
|---|---|
| contest | strive |
| scuttle | a shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce) |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |
| libel | a written statement in which a plaintiff in certain courts sets forth the cause of action or the relief sought |
| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |
| smolder | to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke |
| nauseate | to become affected with nausea |
| derelict | abandoned especially by the owner or occupant |
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |