GRE Word List

NARRATIVE

something that is narrated : story

The meaning of the word narrative is something that is narrated : story.

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WordMeaning
elegya poem in elegiac couplets
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inordinateexceeding reasonable limits : immoderate
genusa class, kind, or group marked by common characteristics or by one common characteristic
sanctuarya consecrated place: such as
reclusemarked by withdrawal from society : solitary
kernelthe inner softer part of a seed, fruit stone, or nut
earthlycharacteristic of or belonging to this earth
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