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 |
|---|---|
| advocacy | the act or process of supporting a cause or proposal : the act or process of advocating (see advocate |
| adapt | to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification |
| crotchety | given to crotchets (see crotchet |
| reverie | daydream |
| hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |
| drip | to let fall in drops |
| lugubrious | mournful |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| skittish | lively or frisky in action : capricious |
| miscreant | unbelieving |