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 |
|---|---|
| cemetery | a burial ground |
| mealymouthed | not plain and straightforward : devious |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
| wag | to be in motion : stir |
| retain | to keep in possession or use |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| exalt | to raise in rank, power, or character |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |