SAT vocabulary
Epigram
a concise, clever, and often paradoxical statement or remark
Example
"Oscar Wilde was known for his witty epigrams, such as 'I can resist everything but temptation.'"
Etymology
From Greek 'epigramma' meaning 'an inscription, a superscription, a title'.
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