GRE Word List
LAMPOON
ridicule; N: written attack ridiculing or satirizing a person, group, or institution
The meaning of the word lampoon is ridicule; N: written attack ridiculing or satirizing a person, group, or institution.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cubicle | small chamber used for sleeping or work |
| withdrawn | introverted; retiring; remote |
| flaccid | flabby; lacking firmness; weak; Ex. flaccid muscles |
| coeval | living at the same time as; existing during the same period of time; contemporary; of the same age |
| pseudonym | pen name; fictitious name assumed by an author; ADJ. pseudonymous |
| abbreviate | shorten |
| determination | resolve; firmness of purpose; measurement or calculation; decision |
| eerie | weird; causing fear because strange |
| destitute | extremely poor; lacking means of subsistence; utterly lacking; devoid; Ex. destitute of any experience |
| egotistical | egotistic; excessively self-centered(egocentric); self-important; conceited |
