GRE Word List

IDYLL

a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment

The meaning of the word idyll is a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment.

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WordMeaning
rudimentaryconsisting in first principles : fundamental
acridsharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating
concessionthe act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat)
veerto change direction or course
vulpineof, relating to, or resembling a fox
licentiouslacking legal or moral restraints
vigilthe act of keeping awake at times when sleep is customary
spoonerisma transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil)
ostracizeto exile by ostracism
protuberancesomething that is protuberant