GRE Word List
IDYLL
short poem idealizing rural life; simple happy period of life (in the country); scene from such a time; Ex. idyll of two young lovers
The meaning of the word idyll is short poem idealizing rural life; simple happy period of life (in the country); scene from such a time; Ex. idyll of two young lovers.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fluency | smoothness of speech; ADJ. fluent |
| inculcate | teach (ideas or principles); instill |
| bullion | gold and silver in the form of bars |
| argot | slang; speech spoken by only a small group of people |
| sate | satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy |
| unexceptionable | entirely acceptable; not offering any basis for criticism |
| pediatrician | physician specializing in children's diseases; N. pediatrics |
| martial | warlike; of war; Ex. martial art/law |
| palliate | ease pain (without curing); make less severe or offensive (a crime or illness) |
| bulge | protruding part; swelling of a surface; Ex. The apple made a bulge in his pocket; V: swell outward; protrude |
