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 |
|---|---|
| roster | a roll or list of personnel |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
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| avenge | to take vengeance for or on behalf of |
| catcall | a loud or raucous cry made especially to express disapproval (as at a sports event) |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| smirk | to smile in a smug or condescending way |
| subliminal | inadequate to produce a sensation or a perception |
| lookout | one engaged in keeping watch : watchman |