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
torquea force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion
labilereadily or continually undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown : unstable
quibbleto evade the point of an argument by caviling about words
annexto attach as a quality, consequence, or condition
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entrepreneurone who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise
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