GRE Word List

EULOGY

a commendatory oration or writing especially in honor of one deceased

The meaning of the word eulogy is a commendatory oration or writing especially in honor of one deceased.

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anticlimaxthe usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea
decompositionto separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds
pass_offpresent falsely; represent falsely to be
preamblean introductory statement
decoya pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture
antiquatedoutmoded or discredited by reason of age : old and no longer useful, popular, or accepted
obduratestubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
solicitorone that solicits
antecedentsa substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him")
attenuateto lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken