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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edificebuilding
ceremoniousdevoted to forms and ceremony
precisa concise summary of essential points, statements, or facts
abstemiousmarked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol
lapa loose overlapping or hanging panel or flap especially of a garment
esotericdesigned for or understood by the specially initiated alone
quislingtraitor
augustmarked by majestic dignity or grandeur
disconcertto throw into confusion
thesisa dissertation embodying results of original research and especially substantiating a specific view