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
gratiswithout charge or recompense : free
atavismrecurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination
asperityroughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger
embitterto excite bitter feelings in
skulduggeryunderhanded or unscrupulous behavior
affiliationthe state or relation of being closely associated or affiliated with a particular person, group, party, company, etc.
botchan inflammatory sore
mutilateto cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect
poseura person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person
embedto enclose closely in or as if in a matrix