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
facsimilean exact copy
conciliatoryintended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate
sycophanta servile self-seeking flatterer
annalsa record of events arranged in yearly sequence
voyeursomeone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts
burlesquea literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation
extirpateto destroy completely : wipe out
draconianof, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him
taperto become progressively smaller toward one end
gnarlsnarl