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 |
|---|---|
| soporific | causing or tending to cause sleep |
| disjunction | a sharp cleavage : disunion |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| agog | full of intense interest or excitement : eager |
| musty | impaired by damp or mildew : moldy |
| sentinel | sentry |
| preamble | an introductory statement |
| condone | to regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless |
| plenary | complete in every respect : absolute |
| lineaments | an outline, feature, or contour of a body or figure and especially of a face |