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 |
|---|---|
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |
| cog | a tooth on the rim of a wheel or gear |
| eclipse | the total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another |
| ascertain | to find out or learn with certainty |
| libretto | the text of a work (such as an opera) for the musical theater |
| trek | to make one's way arduously |
| heyday | the period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity |
| rhetoric | the art of speaking or writing effectively: such as |
| oratorio | a lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |