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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| Word | Meaning |
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| abominable | worthy of or causing disgust or hatred : detestable |
| replicate | duplicate |
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| germinate | to cause to sprout or develop |
| conversant | having knowledge or experience |
| unexceptionable | not open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable |
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