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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |
| denomination | an act of denominating |
| animus | a usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will |
| implore | to make an earnest request to (someone) : beg |
| interim | an intervening time : interval |
| yield | to bear or bring forth as a natural product especially as a result of cultivation |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| septic | of, relating to, or causing putrefaction |
| gamely | a physical or mental competition conducted according to rules with the participants in direct opposition to each other |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |