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
fertileproducing or bearing many crops in great quantities : productive
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bookishof or relating to books
sluicean artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow
unassumingnot assuming : modest
rapporta friendly, harmonious relationship
blightedaffected with blight (see blight
awean emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime
knolla small round hill : mound
subsidiaryfurnishing aid or support : auxiliary