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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| deterrent | serving to discourage, prevent, or inhibit : serving to deter |
| scholarly | of, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned |
| impudence | the quality or state of being impudent |
| elysium | the abode of the blessed after death in classical mythology |
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |
| disembark | to remove to shore from a ship |
| inconsistency | an instance of being inconsistent |
| deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
| sheathe | to put into or furnish with a sheath |