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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| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| defoliate | to deprive of leaves especially prematurely |
| galvanic | of, relating to, or producing a direct current of electricity |
| implausible | not plausible : provoking disbelief |
| sordid | marked by baseness or grossness : vile |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| glacial | suggestive of ice: such as |
| colossus | a statue of gigantic size and proportions |
| tenancy | a holding of an estate or a mode of holding an estate |
| rasp | to rub with something rough |