GRE Word List
EPITAPH
an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there
The meaning of the word epitaph is an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there.
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| antagonism | opposition of a conflicting force, tendency, or principle |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| deciduous | falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| defunct | no longer living, existing, or functioning |
| overture | an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal |
| pending | during |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
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| baffle | to defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert |