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 |
|---|---|
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| die | to pass from physical life : expire |
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |
| trepidation | a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension |
| hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
| append | attach |
| ego | the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world |
| spoof | deceive |
| graduate | to receive an academic degree or diploma |