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 |
|---|---|
| bilk | to block the free development of : frustrate |
| crotchety | given to crotchets (see crotchet |
| awe | an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| acetic | vinegary |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| impervious | not allowing entrance or passage : impenetrable |
| obtrude | to thrust out : extrude |
| gracious | marked by kindness and courtesy |