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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WordMeaning
fancifulmarked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience
forerunnerone that precedes and indicates the approach of another: such as
connivancethe act of conniving
avariceexcessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : greediness
parasitean organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host
consanguineousof the same blood or origin
epigrama concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought
indifferentmarked by a lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern for something : apathetic
solublesusceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water
intimatemarked by a warm friendship developing through long association