GRE Word List
ELEGY
a poem in elegiac couplets
The meaning of the word elegy is a poem in elegiac couplets.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| steep | lofty |
| fickle | marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability : given to erratic changeableness |
| pantomime | pantomimist |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| rudimentary | consisting in first principles : fundamental |
| swerve | to turn aside abruptly from a straight line or course : deviate |
| anodyne | serving to alleviate pain |
| daub | to cover or coat with soft adhesive matter : plaster |
| censor | a person who supervises conduct and morals: such as |
| theocracy | government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided |