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
harrowingacutely distressing or painful
bivouaca usually temporary encampment under little or no shelter
execrabledeserving to be execrated : detestable
validhaving legal efficacy or force
scrapfragments of discarded or leftover food
hamperto restrict the movement of by bonds or obstacles : impede
holocausta sacrifice (see sacrifice
lunaticaffected with a severely disordered state of mind : insane
acclivityan ascending slope (as of a hill)
treatisea systematic exposition or argument in writing including a methodical discussion of the facts and principles involved and conclusions reached