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 |
|---|---|
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| tickle | to touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements |
| psyche | a princess loved by Cupid |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |
| distant | separated in space : away |
| confidence | a feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances |
| torso | the human body apart from the head, neck, arms, and legs : the human trunk |
| angular | forming an angle : sharp-cornered |
| slovenly | untidy especially in personal appearance |