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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