GRE Word List
CHOREOGRAPHY
the art of symbolically representing dancing
The meaning of the word choreography is the art of symbolically representing dancing.
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| promontory | a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| deadpan | marked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| denizen | inhabitant |
| char | any of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots |
| imposture | the act or practice of deceiving by means of an assumed character or name |
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |
| executioner | one who executes |