GRE Word List
MADRIGAL
a medieval short lyrical poem in a strict poetic form
The meaning of the word madrigal is a medieval short lyrical poem in a strict poetic form.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| fastidious | showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care |
| threat | an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage |
| demoniac | possessed or influenced by a demon |
| tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |
| acuity | keenness of perception |
| peccadillo | a slight offense |
| faction | a party or group (as within a government) that is often contentious or self-seeking : clique |
| amnesia | loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |