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
wholesomepromoting health or well-being of mind or spirit
resourcefulable to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means
glutinoushaving the quality of glue : gummy
unwittingnot knowing : unaware
vultureany of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion
discursivemoving from topic to topic without order : rambling
phlegmaticresembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm
proponentone who argues in favor of something : advocate
scantylimited or less than sufficient in degree, quantity, or extent
grossglaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness