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
apprehensiveviewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future
imbroglioan acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding
arbitrateto act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both
surmountto prevail over : overcome
antlerone of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family
effervescencethe property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing
gargoylea spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building
tutelageinstruction especially of an individual
terminuseither end of a transportation line or travel route
esotericdesigned for or understood by the specially initiated alone