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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orthodoxconforming to established doctrine especially in religion
degradationthe act or process of degrading
exhortto incite by argument or advice : urge strongly
gruntto utter a grunt
underlyinglying beneath or below
projectilea body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia