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
brochurepamphlet
acquittala setting free from the charge of an offense by verdict, sentence, or other legal process
infestto spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner
fictitiousof, relating to, or characteristic of fiction : imaginary
plumagethe feathers of a bird
craveto ask for earnestly : beg
guffawa loud or boisterous burst of laughter
wanderluststrong longing for or impulse toward wandering
brevityshortness of duration
taperto become progressively smaller toward one end