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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| 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 |
| transcendent | exceeding usual limits : surpassing |
| typhoon | a hurricane occurring especially in the region of the Philippines or the China sea |
| gape | to open the mouth wide |
| bestial | of or relating to beasts |
| autopsy | an examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease |
| hummock | a rounded knoll or hillock |
| progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |
| stoke | to poke or stir up (a fire, flames, etc.) : supply with fuel |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |