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.

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apiarya place where bees are kept
leewayan allowable margin of freedom or variation : tolerance
plaintiveexpressive of suffering or woe : melancholy
amityfriendship
anthropoidany of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets)
chroniclea historical account of events arranged in order of time usually without analysis or interpretation
bearingthe manner in which one behaves or comports oneself : the manner in which one bears (see bear