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 |
|---|---|
| impassive | giving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless |
| perforate | to make a hole through |
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |
| anodyne | serving to alleviate pain |
| stodgy | having a rich filling quality : heavy |
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| perturb | to cause to be worried or upset : disquiet |
| scavenge | to remove (dirt, refuse, etc.) from an area |
| reprimand | a severe or formal reproof |
| decadence | the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent |