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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stockade | a line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense |
| concord | a state of agreement : harmony |
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| parsimony | the quality of being careful with money or resources : thrift |
| glamor | an exciting and often illusory and romantic attractiveness |
| wrinkle | a small ridge or furrow especially when formed on a surface by the shrinking or contraction of a smooth substance : crease |
| explicate | to give a detailed explanation of |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| forerunner | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another: such as |
| imbecility | the quality or state of being very stupid or foolish : utter foolishness |