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
bereavedsuffering the death of a loved one
epochan event or a time marked by an event that begins a new period or development
propensityan often intense natural inclination or preference
peccadilloa slight offense
reprobationthe act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated
amnestythe act of an authority (such as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals
mercurialof, relating to, or born under the planet Mercury
actuateto put into mechanical action or motion
citadela fortress that commands (see command
truisman undoubted or self-evident truth