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.
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| urchin | hedgehog |
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| duplicity | contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action |
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