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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| belittle | to speak slightingly of : disparage |
| sanction | a formal decree |
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| connivance | the act of conniving |
| malady | a disease or disorder of the animal body |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| avantgarde | group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| charm | the chanting or reciting of a magic spell : incantation |