anecdotenoun · Level 1 SAT1short account of an amusing or interesting eventThe professor opened his lecture with an anecdote about Newton discovering gravity beneath an apple tree.ModuleLevel 1Registercommon, literaryCollectionCollection 091SAT Core planAlso in Collection 091circumlocution, avarice, immune, obsolete, derelict, cosmopolitan, domicile, illusory and 1 more