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 |
|---|---|
| chameleon | any of a family (Chamaeleontidae) of chiefly arboreal (see arboreal |
| generate | to bring into existence: such as |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| stupor | a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility |
| historic | historical |
| wan | suggestive of poor health : sickly |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| bulwark | a solid wall-like structure raised for defense : rampart |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
| sartorial | of or relating to a tailor or tailored clothes |