GRE Word List
SATIRE
a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn
The meaning of the word satire is a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| avantgarde | group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| gesticulation | the act of making gestures |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| oversee | survey |
| puny | slight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak |
| procrastinate | to put off intentionally and habitually |
| smattering | superficial piecemeal knowledge |
| relent | to become less severe, harsh, or strict usually from reasons of humanity |
| corroborate | to support with evidence or authority : make more certain |