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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| neologism | a new word, usage, or expression |
| lionize | to treat as an object of great interest or importance |
| except | with the exclusion or exception of |
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| idyllic | pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity |
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