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 |
|---|---|
| compilation | the act or process of compiling |
| gainsay | to declare to be untrue or invalid |
| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |
| viscous | having a thick or sticky consistency : viscid |
| etymology | the 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 |
| redolent | exuding fragrance : aromatic |
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| agitate | to excite and often trouble the mind or feelings of : disturb |
| surmount | to prevail over : overcome |