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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levitateto rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation
residuesomething that remains after a part is taken, separated, or designated or after the completion of a process : remnant
consistencyagreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence
voluminoushaving or marked by great volume or bulk : large
curmudgeona crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man
dubiousunsettled in opinion : doubtful
delusionsomething that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated
wadeto step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air
congealto change from a fluid to a solid state by or as if by cold
emaciatedvery thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness