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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scholarly | of, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned |
| adjourn | to suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time |
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
| composure | a calmness or repose especially of mind, bearing, or appearance : self-possession |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| fecundity | fruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific |
| dearth | scarcity that makes dear |
| sour | being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids and is characteristic of lemon juice |
| humdrum | monotonous |
| viable | capable of living |