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 |
|---|---|
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| ascendancy | governing or controlling influence : domination |
| cliche | a trite phrase or expression |
| effigy | an image or representation especially of a person |
| lectern | a stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker |
| rile | to make agitated and angry : upset |
| codicil | a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will |
| actuarial | of or relating to actuaries |
| bust | a sculptured representation of the upper part of the human figure including the head and neck and usually part of the shoulders and breast |
| illimitable | incapable of being limited or bounded : measureless |