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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| analgesia | insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness |
| indigent | suffering from extreme poverty : impoverished |
| derision | the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt |
| haven | harbor |
| pathos | an element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion |
| molt | to shed hair, feathers, shell, horns, or an outer layer periodically |
| ventilate | to expose to air and especially to a current of fresh air for purifying, curing, or refreshing |
| unfetter | to free from fetters |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| herbivorous | feeding on plants |
