GRE Word List

PANEGYRIC

a eulogistic oration or writing

The meaning of the word panegyric is a eulogistic oration or writing.

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argotthe language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group
assumptiona taking to or upon oneself
dialecticalof, relating to, or in accordance with dialectic
searbeing dried and withered
judicioushaving, exercising, or characterized by sound judgment
distillto let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
stupefyto make stupid, groggy, or insensible
frockan outer garment worn by monks and friars : habit
buxomvigorously or healthily plump