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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| purse | a small bag for money |
| polemical | of, relating to, or being a polemic : controversial |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
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| vegetate | to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind |
| elastic | capable of recovering size and shape after deformation |
| interloper | one that interlopes: such as |
| pliant | pliable |
| rally | to muster for a common purpose |