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 |
|---|---|
| veer | to change direction or course |
| diva | prima donna |
| comprehensive | covering completely or broadly : inclusive |
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |
| correlation | the state or relation of being correlated |
| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| puissant | having puissance : powerful |
| continence | the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily |
| opprobrium | something that brings disgrace |