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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pass_off | present falsely; represent falsely to be |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| bicker | petulant quarreling : altercation |
| secession | withdrawal into privacy or solitude : retirement |
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| equity | justice according to natural law or right |
| culprit | one accused of or charged with a crime |
| amnesty | the act of an authority (such as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals |
| habitat | the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows |