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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connubialof or relating to the married state : conjugal
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incorrigibleincapable of being corrected or amended: such as
representationalone that represents: such as
snickerto laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter
brusquemarkedly short and abrupt
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thematicof, relating to, or constituting a theme
loftan upper room or floor : attic
subversivethe act of subverting : the state of being subverted