GRE Word List
DRAMA
a composition (see composition
The meaning of the word drama is a composition (see composition.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ghastly | terrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening |
| wheedle | to influence or entice by soft words or flattery |
| obsessive | tending to cause obsession |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| traduce | to expose to shame or blame by means of falsehood and misrepresentation |
| increment | the amount or degree by which something changes |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| glaze | to furnish or fit with glass |
| sanctuary | a consecrated place: such as |