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

WordMeaning
vitiateto make faulty or defective : impair
gloss_overexplain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults
withholdto hold back from action : check
abhorto regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe
distraughtagitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain
gratiswithout charge or recompense : free
sultryvery hot and humid : sweltering
whetto sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone)
recalcitrantobstinately defiant of authority or restraint
chimericalexisting only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary