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 |
|---|---|
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| deft | characterized by facility and skill |
| discompose | to destroy the composure of |
| practicable | capable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible |
| screech | a high shrill piercing cry usually expressing pain or terror |
| sleek | slick |
| feign | to give a false appearance of : induce as a false impression |
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| aspersion | a false or misleading charge meant to harm someone's reputation |