GRE Word List
IDYLLIC
pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity
The meaning of the word idyllic is pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| season | a time characterized by a particular circumstance or feature |
| afterlife | an existence after death |
| scrap | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| deference | respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |
| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |
| culpable | meriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| jug | a large deep container (as of glass, earthenware, or plastic) with a narrow mouth and a handle |
| unassailable | not assailable : not liable to doubt, attack, or question |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |