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 |
|---|---|
| habituate | to make used to something : accustom |
| accrue | to come into existence as a legally enforceable claim |
| shirk | to go stealthily : sneak |
| adversity | a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune |
| morbid | of, relating to, or characteristic of disease |
| finished | entirely done |
| valid | having legal efficacy or force |
| ovoid | resembling an egg in shape : ovate |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| crescendo | a gradual increase |