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
dispenseto divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions
amputateto remove by or as if by cutting
residualremainder
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vigoractive bodily or mental strength or force
vigilthe act of keeping awake at times when sleep is customary
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icona person or thing widely admired especially for having great influence or significance in a particular sphere
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consummateextremely skilled and accomplished