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.

Random words

WordMeaning
incarnateinvested with bodily and especially human nature and form
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masticateto grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew
infamoushaving a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil
placateto soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease
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foresightan act or the power of foreseeing : prescience
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