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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| denigrate | to attack the reputation of : defame |
| tenet | a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true |
| squalor | the quality or state of being squalid |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| suppliant | supplicant |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| seamy | having the rough side of the seam showing |
| doddering | feeble |
| tyranny | oppressive power |
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |