GRE Word List
TRILOGY
a series of three dramas or literary works or sometimes three musical compositions that are closely related and develop a single theme
The meaning of the word trilogy is a series of three dramas or literary works or sometimes three musical compositions that are closely related and develop a single theme.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| exonerate | to relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship |
| penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |
| precarious | dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments |
| gusto | an individual or special taste |
| equivocate | to use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive |
| maxim | a general truth, fundamental principle, or rule of conduct |
| sonnet | a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme |
| indict | to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |