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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luxuriantyielding abundantly : fertile
encipherto convert (a message) into cipher
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
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pell-mellin mingled confusion or disorder
proximitythe quality or state of being proximate : closeness
fretto eat or gnaw into : corrode
riftfissure
glazeto furnish or fit with glass
versatileembracing a variety of subjects, fields, or skills