GRE Word List
MEDLEY
a musical composition made up of a series of songs or short pieces
The meaning of the word medley is a musical composition made up of a series of songs or short pieces.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
| wistful | full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy |
| hideous | offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly |
| homily | a usually short sermon |
| headfirst | with the head foremost |
| emend | to correct usually by textual alterations |
| zeal | eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something : fervor |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| adversity | a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune |