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 |
|---|---|
| rote | the use of memory usually with little intelligence |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| stockade | a line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense |
| centrifugal | proceeding or acting in a direction away from a center or axis |
| halting | marked by a lack of sureness or effectiveness |
| genesis | the origin or coming into being of something |
| jest | a joking or mocking remark |
| plummet | to fall perpendicularly |
| sphinx-like | enigmatic; mysterious |