GRE Word List
CARICATURE
exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics
The meaning of the word caricature is exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| contentious | likely to cause disagreement or argument |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| aversion | a feeling of repugnance toward something with a desire to avoid or turn from it |
| remittance | a sum of money remitted |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |
| litter | a covered and curtained couch provided with shafts and used for carrying a single passenger |
| denigrate | to attack the reputation of : defame |
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| frolicsome | full of gaiety : playful |