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 |
|---|---|
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| earn | to receive as return for effort and especially for work done or services rendered |
| mute | unable to speak : lacking the power of speech |
| nomadic | of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads |
| forerunner | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another: such as |
| beneficial | producing good results or helpful effects : conferring benefits (see benefit |
| carcinogenic | producing or tending to produce cancer |
| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |
| scholarly | of, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |