GRE Word List
ELEGY
a poem in elegiac couplets
The meaning of the word elegy is a poem in elegiac couplets.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| avarice | excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : greediness |
| chagrin | disquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure |
| academic | of, relating to, or associated with an academy or school especially of higher learning |
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| dissertation | an extended usually written treatment of a subject |
| labyrinth | a place constructed of or full of intricate passageways and blind alleys |
| rotunda | a round building |
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| noisome | noxious |