GRE Word List
PANEGYRIC
a eulogistic oration or writing
The meaning of the word panegyric is a eulogistic oration or writing.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| reduce | to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate |
| conjecture | inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence |
| somnambulist | an abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed |
| shaving | the act of one that shaves |
| asylum | an inviolable place of refuge and protection giving shelter to criminals and debtors : sanctuary |
| cantata | a composition for one or more voices usually comprising solos, duets, recitatives, and choruses and sung to an instrumental accompaniment |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| don | to put on (an article of clothing) |
| rigid | deficient in or devoid of flexibility |