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 |
|---|---|
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| obelisk | an upright 4-sided usually monolithic pillar that gradually tapers as it rises and terminates in a pyramid |
| voluptuous | suggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| garish | clothed in vivid colors |
| inane | lacking significance, meaning, or point : silly |
| domineer | to exercise arbitrary or overbearing control |
| facsimile | an exact copy |
| concord | a state of agreement : harmony |
| giddy | dizzy |