GRE Word List
IDLE
not occupied or employed: such as
The meaning of the word idle is not occupied or employed: such as.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| parody | a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule |
| malodorous | having a bad odor |
| consistency | agreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence |
| elicit | to call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response) |
| decry | to depreciate (something, such as a coin) officially or publicly |
| sonnet | a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme |
| adamant | unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| choir | an organized company of singers (as in a church service) |