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 |
|---|---|
| ghastly | terrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening |
| repudiate | to refuse to accept |
| sordid | marked by baseness or grossness : vile |
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| rapt | lifted up and carried away |
| provenance | origin |
| prodigious | causing amazement or wonder |
| prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| moodiness | subject to depression : gloomy |