GRE Word List
LAMPOON
satire
The meaning of the word lampoon is satire.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| elicit | to call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response) |
| implication | something implied: such as |
| murmur | a half-suppressed or muttered complaint : grumbling |
| impermeable | not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance |
| recession | the act or action of receding : withdrawal |
| perspicuity | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| physiological | of or relating to physiology |
| paleontology | a science dealing with the life of past geologic periods as known from fossil remains |
| threadbare | having the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby |