GRE Word List
LAMPOON
satire
The meaning of the word lampoon is satire.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| malaise | an indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of an illness |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| myriad | ten thousand |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| insightful | exhibiting or characterized by insight |
| latitude | angular distance from some specified circle or plane of reference: such as |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| cumbersome | unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk |
| lull | to cause to sleep or rest : soothe |