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
retiringreserved
handsomehaving a pleasing and usually impressive or dignified appearance
dissembleto hide under a false appearance
alludeto make indirect reference
seasonablesuitable to the season or circumstances : timely
blunthaving an edge or point that is not sharp
affectedartificial; pretended
betokento typify beforehand : presage
expropriateto deprive of possession or proprietary rights
macabrehaving death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death