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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vie | to strive for superiority : contend |
| dubious | unsettled in opinion : doubtful |
| flashy | lacking in substance or flavor : insipid |
| outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |
| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |
| vertebrate | any 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 |
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
| gangrene | local death of soft tissues due to loss of blood supply |
| disseminate | to spread abroad as though sowing seed |
| parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |