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 |
|---|---|
| stipulate | to make an agreement or covenant to do or forbear something : contract |
| goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |
| vigor | active bodily or mental strength or force |
| enjoin | to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition |
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |
| progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |