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
thralla state of servitude or submission
temerityunreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness
vernalof, relating to, or occurring in the spring
vertigoa sensation of motion in which the individual or the individual's surroundings seem to whirl dizzily
graphicof or relating to the pictorial arts
pass_offpresent falsely; represent falsely to be
staticexerting force by reason of weight alone without motion
heinoushatefully or shockingly evil : abominable
subterfugedeception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade
sarcasma sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain