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
breedto produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation
interminablehaving or seeming to have no end
wholesomepromoting health or well-being of mind or spirit
miniaturea copy on a much reduced scale
cipherzero
repelto drive back : repulse
exodusthe mainly narrative second book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture see Bible Table
bullya blustering, browbeating person
remissionthe act or process of remitting
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