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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| sledge | sledgehammer |
| impair | to diminish in function, ability, or quality : to weaken or make worse |
| exacerbate | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |
| imbibe | drink |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| attentive | mindful |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| diverge | to move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart |