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 |
|---|---|
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| transient | passing especially quickly into and out of existence : transitory |
| incontinent | not continent: such as |
| stratum | a bed or layer artificially made |
| embark | to go on board a vehicle for transportation |
| receptive | able or inclined to receive |
| blemish | to spoil by a flaw |
| chauvinist | an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex |
| amok | an episode of sudden mass assault against people or objects usually by a single individual following a period of brooding that has traditionally been regarded as occurring especially in Malaysian culture but is now increasingly viewed as psychopathological behavior occurring worldwide in numerous countries and cultures |
| quarry | game |