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
staticexerting force by reason of weight alone without motion
scrutinizeto examine closely and minutely
inertlacking the power to move
throbto pulsate or pound with abnormal force or rapidity
sleekslick
direexciting horror
cliquea narrow exclusive circle or group of persons
prognosisthe prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case
lista simple series of words or numerals (such as the names of persons or objects)
curtailto make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part