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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prate | to talk long and idly : chatter |
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| irrefutable | impossible to refute : incontrovertible |
| outlaw | a person excluded from the benefit or protection of the law |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| pulse | the regular expansion of an artery caused by the ejection of blood into the arterial system by the contractions of the heart |
| torrent | a violent or forceful flow of fluid |
| maneuver | a military or naval movement |
| trigger | a piece (such as a lever) connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it |
| suture | a strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body |