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 |
|---|---|
| score | twenty |
| impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
| microcosm | a little world |
| muster | a representative specimen (see specimen |
| astute | having or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand things clearly : mentally sharp or clever |
| promote | to advance in station, rank, or honor : raise |
| conjugal | of or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| lagoon | a shallow sound, channel, or pond near or communicating with a larger body of water |