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 |
|---|---|
| primp | to dress, adorn, or arrange in a careful or finicky manner |
| gruesome | inspiring horror or repulsion : grisly |
| serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |
| disdain | a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn |
| dank | unpleasantly moist or wet |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
| stipple | to engrave by means of dots and flicks |
| abode | the place where one lives : home |
| indignity | an act that offends against a person's dignity or self-respect : insult |