GRE Word List
DRAMA
a composition (see composition
The meaning of the word drama is a composition (see composition.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mobile | capable of moving or being moved : movable |
| patina | a usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color |
| resonant | continuing to sound : echoing |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| sycophant | a servile self-seeking flatterer |
| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| debonair | suave |
| pushy | aggressive often to an objectionable degree : forward |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |