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
forteone's strong point
bequeathto give or leave by will (see will
antipathya strong feeling of dislike
nepotismfavoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship
illusorybased on or producing illusion : deceptive
executionerone who executes
lineagedescent in a line from a common progenitor
wastrelvagabond
quipa clever usually taunting remark : gibe
incriminateto charge with or show evidence or proof of involvement in a crime or fault