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 |
|---|---|
| biennial | occurring every two years |
| relapse | the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding |
| drivel | nonsense |
| unscathed | wholly unharmed : not injured |
| fervent | very hot : glowing |
| delusion | something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated |
| well-bred | having or displaying the politeness and good manners associated especially with people of high social class |
| auspicious | showing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious |
| citadel | a fortress that commands (see command |
| equipoise | a state of equilibrium |