GRE Word List
IDYLLIC
pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity
The meaning of the word idyllic is pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| havoc | wide and general destruction : devastation |
| obsolete | no longer in use or no longer useful |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| indubitable | too evident to be doubted : unquestionable |
| skirmish | a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| fidelity | the quality or state of being faithful |
| homogeneous | of the same or a similar kind or nature |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |