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 |
|---|---|
| stilted | pompous |
| sentimental | marked or governed by feeling, sensibility, or emotional idealism |
| derision | the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt |
| cue | the letter q |
| ultimatum | a final proposition, condition, or demand |
| exonerate | to relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship |
| spatula | a flat thin implement used especially for spreading or mixing soft substances, scooping, or lifting |
| rhetoric | the art of speaking or writing effectively: such as |
| cataract | a clouding of the lens of the eye or of its surrounding transparent membrane that obstructs the passage of light |
| centurion | an officer commanding a Roman century |