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
vieto strive for superiority : contend
dubiousunsettled in opinion : doubtful
flashylacking in substance or flavor : insipid
outcastone that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah
askancewith disapproval or distrust : scornfully
vertebrateany of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life
sinecurean office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income
gangrenelocal death of soft tissues due to loss of blood supply
disseminateto spread abroad as though sowing seed
parallelextending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant