GRE VOCAB: “DIFFERENT TYPES OF POEMS and related words”

1. Ballad (n): a poem or song narrating a popular story in short stanza
      : a slow sentimental or romantic song.
2. Bard (n): a poet, traditionally one reciting epics.
3. Canto (n): each of the sections into which some long poems are divided
4. Doggerel (n): comic verse composed in irregualar rhythm
   : badly written verse or word
   
5. Elegy (n): a mournful poem, typically a lament for the dead.
   
6. Epic (n): a long poem narrating the deeds of heroic or legendary figures or the past history of a nation.
7. Verse (n): a group of lines forming a unit in a poem or song
8. Epigram (n): a concise and witty saying or remark
   : a short witty poem
   
9. Idyll (n): a short poem or prose work describing a picturesque pastoral scene or incident
   : a blissful or peaceful period or situation
10. Lyric (n): a lyric poem or verse
    : the words of a songs
    (adj): (of poetry) expressing the writer’s emotions, usually briefly and in stanzas or recognized forms.
    : (of singing voice) using a light register.
11. Limerick (n): a humorous five-line poem with a rhyme scheme aabba.
    
12. Ode (n): a lyric poem, typically in the form of an address, written in varied or irregular meter.
    : A classical poem of a kind originally meant to be song
13. Prosody (n): The art of versification
    : the patterns of rhythm and sound used in poetry and its study
14. Sonnet (n): a poem of fourteen lines
    
15. Stanza (n): a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem.
    
    Verse (n): a group of lines forming a unit in a poem or song

GRE Word pair easy to remember 3rd

• Premonition of death


• Prodigal spendthrift

• Propitious omens

• Provident fund

• Speaking without reticence

GRE Word pair easy to remember 1st

• Aberrant behavior

• Abject poverty

• Abstemious life style
• Poverty alleviation

• A topical anesthetic

• Anomalous expansion of water

• A faithless apostate

• Assiduous people

GRE: KNOW SOME UNIQUE WORD PAIRS 5TH

21. Lax vs. Wax
Lax (adj): not sufficiently strict, severe, or careful; careless
Wax (n): bees wax
          (v): remove hair from body


22. Lout vs. Tout
Lout (n); clumsy person
Tout (v): publicize; praise excessively.

23. Meek vs. Reek
Meek (adj): quiet, gentle, and submissive
Reek (v): having a foul smell

24. Rigor vs. vigor
Rigor (n): severity
Vigor (n): active strength


25. Roil vs. Foil
Roil (v): make (a liquid) turbid by disturbing the sediment.
Foil (n): metal hammered or rolled into a thing flexible sheet e.g. aluminum foil
            :contrast
           (v): defeat or frustrate

26. Rote vs. Dote
Rote (n): mechanical or habitual repetition: a poem learnt by rote
Dote (v): be excessively fond of; show signs of mental decline.
Analogy: UPBRAID: REPROACH:: dote: like (intensity)

27. Rue vs. Hue
Rue (v): bitterly regret (a past event or action) and wish it undone.
         (n): repentance; regret
              : compassion; pity

28. Ruse vs. Muse
Ruse (n): a stratagem or trick
Muse (v): ponder; say to oneself in a thoughtful manner.

29. Slag vs. Flag
Slag (n): residue from smelting metal; dross; waste matter
Flag (v): become tired or less enthusiastic; droop; grow feeble

30. Slight vs. Plight
Slight (n): insults to one’s dignity; snub
Plight (n): condition, state (especially a bad state or condition); predicament.

GRE: KNOW SOME UNIQUE WORD PAIRS 4TH

11. Festive vs. Restive
Festive (adj): relating to a festival; jovially celebratory
Restive (adj): unable to keep still or silent; restless

12. Gaunt vs. Jaunt vs Daunt vs Taunt
Gaunt (adj): lean and haggard, especially through illness, hunger, or age       
                : (of a place) grim or desolate in appearance
Jaunt (n): a short excursion for pleasure
          (v): go on a jaunt
Daunt (v): make (someone) feel intimidated or apprehensive

Taunt: A jeering or mocking remark made in order to wound or provoke (Challenge in an insulting way)



13. Grouse vs. Arouse
grouse (v): complain pettily; grumble
            (n): a grumble or petty complaint.
Arouse (v): evoke (a feeling or response); provoke to anger or other strong emotion.
                 Excite sexually; awaken from sleep.

14. Gust vs. Must
Gust (n): a brief, strong rush of wind (a burst of rain, sounds etc).
        (v): blow in gusts
Must (n): mustiness or mould.

15. Gusty vs. musty
gusty (adj): characterized by or blowing in gusts.
Musty (adj): having a stale or mouldy smell or taste; unoriginal or outdated.