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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| psychiatrist | a medical doctor who diagnoses and treats mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders : a specialist in psychiatry |
| clout | a piece of cloth or leather : rag |
| apathy | lack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness |
| expound | to set forth : state |
| desperate | having lost hope |
| obfuscate | to throw into shadow : darken |
| transcendent | exceeding usual limits : surpassing |
| ennui | a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction : boredom |
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