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

WordMeaning
caricatureexaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics
misanthropea person who hates or distrusts humankind
ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric
cantoone of the major divisions of a long poem
cameoa gem carved in relief (see relief
mammothany 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
desultorymarked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose
headlongheadfirst
peripatetica follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism
covetousmarked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions