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
disabuseto free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy
scuffleto struggle at close quarters with disorder and confusion
jocundmarked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness
metamorphosischange of physical form, structure, or substance especially by supernatural means
overturnto cause to turn over : upset
inextricableforming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free
collaborateto work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor
florescencea state or period of flourishing
tessellatedhaving a checkered appearance
assimilateto take into the mind and thoroughly understand