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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WordMeaning
plightto put or give in pledge : engage
manipulateto treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner
rebuffto reject or criticize sharply : snub
repugnancethe quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent
amokan episode of sudden mass assault against people or objects usually by a single individual following a period of brooding that has traditionally been regarded as occurring especially in Malaysian culture but is now increasingly viewed as psychopathological behavior occurring worldwide in numerous countries and cultures
carcinogenicproducing or tending to produce cancer
iridescenthaving or exhibiting iridescence
castigationto subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism
outstripto go faster or farther than
homeostasisa relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group