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

WordMeaning
canterone who uses cant: such as
facsimilean exact copy
ellipsisthe omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete
providentfrugal
mercantileof or relating to merchants or trading
embodyto give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate
sophistrysubtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation
cringeto recoil in distaste
vitiateto make faulty or defective : impair
conclavea private meeting or secret assembly