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
staccatocut short or apart in performing : disconnected
effronteryshameless boldness : insolence
repulsionthe action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed
eminentexhibiting eminence especially in standing above others in some quality or position : prominent
dubiousunsettled in opinion : doubtful
combustiblecapable of combustion
outlawa person excluded from the benefit or protection of the law
servileof or befitting a menial position
encipherto convert (a message) into cipher
felonone who has committed a felony