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
blotchto mark or mar with blotches
charismaa personal magic of leadership arousing special popular loyalty or enthusiasm for a public figure (such as a political leader)
uncouthawkward and uncultivated in appearance, manner, or behavior : rude
anguishextreme pain, distress, or anxiety
distillto let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate
ricketyaffected with rickets
irrefutableimpossible to refute : incontrovertible
intrepidcharacterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance
miniona servile dependent, follower, or underling
cohabitto live together as or as if a married couple