GRE Word List
MIME
an ancient dramatic entertainment representing scenes from life usually in a ridiculous manner
The meaning of the word mime is an ancient dramatic entertainment representing scenes from life usually in a ridiculous manner.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |
| misanthrope | a person who hates or distrusts humankind |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| canto | one of the major divisions of a long poem |
| cameo | a gem carved in relief (see relief |
| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |
| desultory | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |
| headlong | headfirst |
| peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |
| covetous | marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions |