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 |
|---|---|
| defunct | no longer living, existing, or functioning |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| recipient | one that receives : receiver |
| oatmeal | meal made from oats |
| topple | to fall from or as if from being top-heavy |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |
| convoke | to call together to a meeting |
| fallible | liable to be erroneous |
| sap | the fluid part of a plant |
| flagrant | conspicuously offensive |