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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| aureole | a radiant light around the head or body of a representation of a sacred personage |
| onslaught | an especially fierce attack |
| reproach | an expression of rebuke or disapproval |
| nascent | coming or having recently come into existence |
| jocose | given to joking : merry |
| bacchanal | orgy |
| entrance | power or permission to enter : admission |
| impervious | not allowing entrance or passage : impenetrable |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |