GRE Word List

DOGGEREL

loosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect

The meaning of the word doggerel is loosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect.

Random words

WordMeaning
assentto agree to or approve of something (such as an idea or suggestion) especially after thoughtful consideration : concur
latentpresent and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic
browseto eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse
oligarchygovernment by the few
advocacythe act or process of supporting a cause or proposal : the act or process of advocating (see advocate
chroniccontinuing or occurring again and again for a long time
murmura half-suppressed or muttered complaint : grumbling
coniferany of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit
inconsequentialof no significance : unimportant
diaphanouscharacterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through