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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| corollary | a proposition (see proposition |
| visceral | felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep |
| frantic | emotionally out of control |
| withstand | to stand up against : oppose with firm determination |
| bivouac | a usually temporary encampment under little or no shelter |
| affected | artificial; pretended |
| fallible | liable to be erroneous |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| egress | a place or means of going out : exit |
| validate | to make legally valid : ratify |