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.

Random words

WordMeaning
inceptionan act, process, or instance of beginning : commencement
balefuldeadly or pernicious in influence
badgerany of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere
compliancethe act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion
inveighto protest or complain bitterly or vehemently : rail
artfulperformed with or showing art or skill
rampa sloping way or plane: such as
unaccountablenot to be accounted for : inexplicable
sullyto make soiled or tarnished : defile
lecheryinordinate (see inordinate