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.

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WordMeaning
seepto flow or pass slowly through fine pores or small openings : ooze
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