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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inerrancyexemption from error : infallibility
intermediarymediator
amicablecharacterized by friendly goodwill : peaceable
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