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
disperseto cause to break up (see break up
stridentcharacterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound
jovialcharacterized by good-humored cheerfulness and conviviality : jolly
temperamentcharacteristic or habitual inclination or mode of emotional response
genesisthe origin or coming into being of something
tendto exhibit an inclination or tendency : conduce
denounceto pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil
entreatto plead with especially in order to persuade : ask urgently
aggregateformed by the collection of units or particles into a body, mass, or amount : collective
multiplicitythe quality or state of being multiple or various