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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| ingratiate | to gain favor or favorable acceptance for by deliberate effort |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| carnage | the flesh of slain animals or humans |
| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |
| detraction | a lessening of reputation or esteem especially by envious, malicious, or petty criticism : belittling |
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |
| decree | an order usually having the force of law |
| sprout | to grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| tempo | the rate of speed of a musical piece or passage indicated by one of a series of directions (such as largo, presto, or allegro) and often by an exact metronome marking |