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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blareto sound loud and strident
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earthyof, relating to, or consisting of earth
commemorateto call to remembrance
weanto accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing
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