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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chortleto sing or chant exultantly
subordinateplaced in or occupying a lower class, rank, or position : inferior
visionthe act or power of seeing : sight
wizenedto become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality
maledictioncurse
resumptionan act or instance of resuming : recommencement
contaminateto soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association
suavitysmoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated
novaa star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years
proteanof or resembling Proteus in having a varied nature or ability to assume different forms