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
transposeto change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of
boona timely benefit : blessing
interloperone that interlopes: such as
decorumliterary and dramatic propriety : fitness
stifleto withhold from circulation or expression
neologisma new word, usage, or expression
vivisectionthe cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation
ramshackleappearing ready to collapse : rickety
spectralof, relating to, or suggesting a specter : ghostly
cadavera dead body