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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impersonal | having no personal reference or connection |
finesse | refinement or delicacy of workmanship, structure, or texture |
effectual | producing or able to produce a desired effect |
monastic | of or relating to monasteries or to monks or nuns |
tyranny | oppressive power |
gaudy | ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented |
raconteur | a person who excels in telling anecdotes |
solitude | the quality or state of being alone or remote from society : seclusion |
congeal | to change from a fluid to a solid state by or as if by cold |
brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |