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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nuancea subtle distinction or variation
behooveto be necessary, proper, or advantageous for
orgysecret ceremonial rites held in honor of an ancient Greek or Roman deity and usually characterized by ecstatic singing and dancing
germa small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts
mediateoccupying a middle position
saunterto walk about in an idle or leisurely manner : stroll
trancestupor
simplisticexcessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details
bloatedoverfilled and extended with liquid, gas, food, etc.
lopean easy natural gait of a horse resembling a canter