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 |
|---|---|
| aureole | a radiant light around the head or body of a representation of a sacred personage |
| timidity | lacking in courage or self-confidence |
| definitive | serving to provide a final solution or to end a situation |
| commemorate | to call to remembrance |
| dismember | to cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| urgent | calling for immediate attention : pressing |
| conjure | to charge or entreat earnestly or solemnly |
| astral | of, relating to, or coming from the stars |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |