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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convictionthe act or process of finding a person guilty of a crime especially in a court of law
farcestuff
buffoona ludicrous figure : clown
rigiddeficient in or devoid of flexibility
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onslaughtan especially fierce attack
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