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.

Random words

WordMeaning
spatefreshet
temperatehaving a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature
ostensibleintended for display : open to view
discombobulatedcharacterized by confusion or disorder
exoticintroduced from another country : not native to the place where found
depreciateto lower in honor or esteem
liquidateto determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts)
ratiocinationthe process of exact thinking : reasoning
deviateto stray especially from a standard, principle, or topic
aridexcessively dry