GRE Word List

GENRE

a category of artistic, musical, or literary composition characterized by a particular style, form, or content

The meaning of the word genre is a category of artistic, musical, or literary composition characterized by a particular style, form, or content.

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tribunea Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates
visionthe act or power of seeing : sight
decipherdecode
incantationa use of spells or verbal charms spoken or sung as a part of a ritual of magic
oustto remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity
backslideto lapse morally or in the practice of religion
abjectsunk to or existing in a low state or condition : very bad or severe
calorificcaloric
purgeto clear of guilt
retrenchcut down