GRE Word List
LAMPOON
satire
The meaning of the word lampoon is satire.
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|---|---|
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| figure | a number symbol : numeral |
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| shear | to cut off the hair from |
| apposite | highly pertinent or appropriate : apt |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| pastiche | a literary, artistic, musical, or architectural work that imitates the style of previous work |
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
| ethnology | a branch of cultural anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |