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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seepto flow or pass slowly through fine pores or small openings : ooze
fraileasily led into evil
invalidateto make invalid
arch-a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening)
conscientiousmeticulous
negateto deny the existence or truth of
affluenceabundance of property : wealth
ultimatelast in a progression or series : final
icona person or thing widely admired especially for having great influence or significance in a particular sphere
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