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.
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| viand | an item of food |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| proviso | an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition |
| terminus | either end of a transportation line or travel route |
| barterer | to trade by exchanging one commodity for another : to trade goods or services in exchange for other goods or services |
| mongrel | an individual resulting from the interbreeding of diverse breeds (see breed |
| prune | a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation |
| carnage | the flesh of slain animals or humans |
| adamant | unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding |
| sect | a dissenting or schismatic religious body |