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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irrepressibleimpossible to repress, restrain, or control
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sophisticateddeprived of native or original simplicity: such as
dummya person who is incapable of speaking
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unctuoushaving, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality
dirgea song or hymn of grief or lamentation