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
provocativeserving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate
demurto take exception : object
toteman object (such as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry
relinquishto withdraw or retreat from : leave behind
deferput off
pinnacea light sailing ship
fleckstreak
moltenfused or liquefied by heat : melted
rivetinghaving the power to fix the attention : engrossing
concatenatelinked together