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 |
|---|---|
| cumbersome | unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk |
| encipher | to convert (a message) into cipher |
| scrap | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| cipher | zero |
| billowing | wave |
| gourmand | one who is excessively fond of eating and drinking |
| countenance | look |
| desecrate | to violate the sanctity of : profane |
| privation | an act or instance of depriving : deprivation |
| potential | existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality |