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 |
|---|---|
| geriatrics | a branch of medicine that deals with the problems and diseases of old age and the medical care and treatment of aging people |
| categorical | absolute |
| prate | to talk long and idly : chatter |
| stereotype | to make a stereotype from |
| stolid | having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional |
| tureen | a deep and usually covered bowl from which foods (such as soup) are served |
| carapace | a bony or chitinous case or shield covering the back or part of the back of an animal (such as a turtle or crab) |
| malign | evil in nature, influence, or effect : injurious |
| exculpate | to clear from alleged fault or guilt |
| hypothetical | involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural |