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
lardera place where food is stored : pantry
porouspossessing or full of pores
sallowany of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark
revulsiona strong pulling or drawing away : withdrawal
briskkeenly alert : lively
concessionthe act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat)
anomalousinconsistent with or deviating from what is usual, normal, or expected : irregular
juridicalof or relating to the administration of justice or the office of a judge
addressto mark directions for delivery on
intuitionthe power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference