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
lecterna stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker
disjunctiona sharp cleavage : disunion
unguenta soothing or healing salve : ointment
wanderluststrong longing for or impulse toward wandering
amnestythe act of an authority (such as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals
scapegoata goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur
fertileproducing or bearing many crops in great quantities : productive
decapitateto cut off the head of : behead
forthrightfree from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point
virulentmarked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course