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
aloofremoved or distant either physically or emotionally
flaila hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely
pinionthe terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges
proverba brief popular epigram or maxim : adage
implicitcapable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied
vauntedhighly or widely praised or boasted about
equineof, relating to, or resembling a horse or the horse family
mustera representative specimen (see specimen
allegeto assert without proof or before proving
ligneousof or resembling wood