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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WordMeaning
grumbleto mutter in discontent
reconditedifficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep
recumbentsuggestive of repose : leaning
arrearsthe state of being behind in the discharge of obligations
exculpateto clear from alleged fault or guilt
wafflea crisp cake of batter baked in a waffle iron
berserkan ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable
ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric
functionalof, connected with, or being a function
cantoone of the major divisions of a long poem