GRE Word List

LAMPOON

satire

The meaning of the word lampoon is satire.

Random words

WordMeaning
elicitto call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response)
implicationsomething implied: such as
murmura half-suppressed or muttered complaint : grumbling
impermeablenot permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance
recessionthe act or action of receding : withdrawal
perspicuityplain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation
expletivea syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense
physiologicalof or relating to physiology
paleontologya science dealing with the life of past geologic periods as known from fossil remains
threadbarehaving the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby