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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| occident | west |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| faculty | ability |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| inevitable | incapable of being avoided or evaded |
| serpentine | of or resembling a serpent (as in form or movement) |
| betroth | to promise to marry |
| certitude | the state of being or feeling certain |
| apocalyptic | of, relating to, or resembling an apocalypse |
| incandescent | white, glowing, or luminous with intense heat |