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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solventable to pay all legal debts
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mendaciousgiven to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth
basethe bottom of something considered as its support : foundation
plastera medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance
astutehaving or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand things clearly : mentally sharp or clever
tributesomething given or contributed voluntarily as due or deserved
decompositionto separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds
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