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 |
|---|---|
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| winsome | generally pleasing and engaging often because of a childlike charm and innocence |
| rationalize | to bring into accord with reason or cause something to seem reasonable: such as |
| implication | something implied: such as |
| rancor | bitter deep-seated ill will |
| misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |
| manifestation | the act, process, or an instance of manifesting |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| multifarious | having or occurring in great variety : diverse |