GRE Word List

GROTESQUE

a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature

The meaning of the word grotesque is a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature.

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WordMeaning
impoverishto make poor
mincingaffectedly dainty or delicate
imperialof, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor
blotchto mark or mar with blotches
residuesomething that remains after a part is taken, separated, or designated or after the completion of a process : remnant
blusterto talk or act with noisy swaggering threats
staidmarked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober
dolorouscausing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief
obtusenot pointed or acute : blunt
palatialof, relating to, or being a palace