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 |
|---|---|
| brink | edge |
| undulating | having a wavy surface, edge, or markings |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| glaring | having a fixed look of hostility, fierceness, or anger |
| sartorial | of or relating to a tailor or tailored clothes |
| rank | relative standing or position |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| malady | a disease or disorder of the animal body |
| abrogate | to abolish by authoritative action : annul |