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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| duplicity | contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action |
| constraint | the act of constraining |
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| fathomless | incapable of being fathomed : immeasurable |
| prevail | to gain ascendancy through strength or superiority : triumph |
| faze | to disturb the composure of : disconcert |
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