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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concoctto prepare by combining raw materials
nethersituated down or below : lower
edifyto instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift
secessionwithdrawal into privacy or solitude : retirement
rebusa representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound
animositya strong feeling of dislike or hatred : ill will or resentment tending toward active hostility : an antagonistic attitude
macean aromatic spice consisting of the dried external fibrous covering of a nutmeg
transparenthaving the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid
filthfoul or putrid matter
poignancythe quality or state of being poignant