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
inconsistencyan instance of being inconsistent
obtrudeto thrust out : extrude
laxloose
secreteto form and give off (a secretion)
agitateto excite and often trouble the mind or feelings of : disturb
expoundto set forth : state
equipoisea state of equilibrium
voracioushaving a huge appetite : ravenous
cogentappealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing
overturean initiative toward agreement or action : proposal