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.

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grandiloquenta lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language
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prestigestanding or estimation in the eyes of people : weight or credit in general opinion
antecedentsa substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him")