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
pugnacityhaving a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent
adeptthoroughly proficient : expert
gourmeta connoisseur of food and drink
appriseto give notice to : tell
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selectiveof, relating to, or characterized by selection : selecting or tending to select
endueprovide
emendto correct usually by textual alterations
pseudonyma fictitious name
perforateto make a hole through