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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lagone that lags or is last
accretionthe process of growth or enlargement by a gradual buildup: such as
burnishto make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing
perspicaciousof acute mental vision or discernment : keen
cabalthe contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government)
quagmiresoft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot
crossbreedhybridize
pitha usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage
fallowof a light yellowish-brown color
laconicusing or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious