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
ineptgenerally incompetent : bungling
abaseto lower in rank, office, prestige, or esteem
knolla small round hill : mound
initiateto cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going
cadeta younger brother or son
belligerentinclined to or exhibiting assertiveness, hostility, or combativeness
rectifyto set right : remedy
pranceto spring from the hind legs or move by so doing
benedictionthe invocation (see invocation
blunderto move unsteadily or confusedly