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 |
|---|---|
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |
| 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 |
| choir | an organized company of singers (as in a church service) |
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |
| propriety | the quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness |
| peevish | querulous in temperament or mood : fretful |
| adversity | a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune |
| brooch | an ornament that is held by a pin or clasp and is worn at or near the neck |