GRE Word List
PARODY
a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule
The meaning of the word parody is a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| taint | to contaminate morally : corrupt |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| inimitable | not capable of being imitated : matchless |
| courier | messenger |
| idiosyncrasy | a peculiarity of constitution or temperament : an individualizing characteristic or quality |
| counterpart | one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate |
| cauterize | to sear with a cautery or caustic |
| frivolous | of little weight or importance |
| sully | to make soiled or tarnished : defile |
| inamorata | a woman with whom one is in love or has intimate relations |