GRE Word List

RHAPSODY

a portion of an epic poem adapted for recitation

The meaning of the word rhapsody is a portion of an epic poem adapted for recitation.

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culpritone accused of or charged with a crime
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cubiclea sleeping compartment partitioned off from a large room
bickerpetulant quarreling : altercation
vultureany of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion
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existentialof, relating to, or affirming existence
terminalleading ultimately to death : fatal
procurementthe act or process of procuring