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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| saga | a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland |
| arraign | to call (a defendant) before a court to answer to an indictment : charge |
| plebiscite | a vote by which the people of an entire country or district express an opinion for or against a proposal especially on a choice of government or ruler |
| tension | inner striving, unrest, or imbalance often with physiological indication of emotion |
| fluency | the quality or state of being fluent |
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| marginal | written or printed in the margin of a page or sheet |
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |