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

WordMeaning
cohereto hold together firmly as parts of the same mass
precipitantprecipitate
irremediablenot remediable
ingrainedforming a part of the essence or inmost being : deep-seated
pranceto spring from the hind legs or move by so doing
extemporaneouscomposed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu
incapacitateto deprive of capacity or natural power : disable
brindledhaving obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground
seamyhaving the rough side of the seam showing
requiema mass for the dead