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 |
|---|---|
| apathy | lack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness |
| apothegm | a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| porous | possessing or full of pores |
| odium | the state or fact of being subjected to hatred and contempt as a result of a despicable act or blameworthy circumstance |
| carafe | a bottle with a flaring lip used to hold beverages and especially wine |
| demolition | the act of demolishing |
| clavicle | a bone of the shoulder girdle typically serving to link the scapula and sternum |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| bugaboo | an imaginary object of fear |