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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granarya storehouse for threshed grain
tendto exhibit an inclination or tendency : conduce
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prodigiouscausing amazement or wonder
exemplifyto show or illustrate by example
incumbentthe holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice
tokena piece resembling a coin issued for use (as for fare on a bus) by a particular group on specified terms
ventto provide with a vent
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oddsthe probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances