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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introspectivecharacterized by examination of one's own thoughts and feelings : thoughtfully reflective : employing, marked by, or tending to introspection
similea figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor
conduita natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed
agapewide open : gaping
apathylack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness
inalienableincapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred
pursea small bag for money
kismetfate
hoodwinkto deceive by false appearance : dupe
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin