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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| effigy | an image or representation especially of a person |
| riddle | a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum |
| haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| representational | one that represents: such as |
| satiate | filled to satiety |
| cupidity | inordinate desire for wealth : avarice |
| pushy | aggressive often to an objectionable degree : forward |
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| cordial | showing or marked by warm and often hearty friendliness, favor, or approval |