GRE Word List

EPIGRAM

a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought

The meaning of the word epigram is a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought.

Random words

WordMeaning
mitigateto cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify
ricketyaffected with rickets
satiatefilled to satiety
glibshowing little forethought or preparation : offhand
inopportuneinconvenient
lugubriousmournful
methodicalarranged, characterized by, or performed with method or order
felonone who has committed a felony
renovateto restore to a former better state (as by cleaning, repairing, or rebuilding)
doffto remove (an article of wear) from the body