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 |
|---|---|
| controvert | to dispute or oppose by reasoning |
| flag | any of various monocotyledonous plants with long ensiform leaves: such as |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| headstrong | not easily restrained : impatient of control, advice, or suggestions |
| lavish | expending or bestowing profusely : prodigal |
| fecundity | fruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific |
| fiasco | a complete failure |
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |
| frieze | a heavy durable coarse wool and shoddy fabric with a rough surface |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |