GRE Word List
EPIC
a long narrative poem in elevated style recounting the deeds of a legendary or historical hero
The meaning of the word epic is a long narrative poem in elevated style recounting the deeds of a legendary or historical hero.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| reconcile | to restore to friendship or harmony |
| farce | stuff |
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |
| scowl | to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure |
| insomnia | prolonged and usually abnormal inability to get enough sleep especially due to trouble falling asleep or staying asleep |
| gentle | free from harshness, sternness, or violence |
| gustatory | relating to or associated with eating or the sense of taste |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |