GRE Word List
BURLESQUE
a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation
The meaning of the word burlesque is a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| invalidate | to make invalid |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| taut | having no give or slack : tightly drawn |
| onslaught | an especially fierce attack |
| artifice | clever or artful skill : ingenuity |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| daunt | to lessen the courage of : cow |