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.

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WordMeaning
forthrightfree from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point
shuffleto mix in a mass confusedly : jumble
buxomvigorously or healthily plump
roilto make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of
reserveto hold in reserve : keep back
marsupialany of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young
venuelocale
loungeto act or move idly or lazily : loaf
clipperone that clips something
adulationextreme or excessive admiration or flattery