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 |
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| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| canvass | to go through (a district) or go to (persons) in order to solicit orders or political support or to determine opinions or sentiments |
| disingenuous | lacking in candor |
| foresight | an act or the power of foreseeing : prescience |
| demagogue | a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power |
| propellant | capable of propelling |
| toll | a tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge) |
| topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |
| navigable | deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships |
| impeccable | free from fault or blame : flawless |