Literature

 

1. Rondel : short poem
2. Saga : lengthy legend
3. Satire : work holding up human vices
4. Sirvente : medieval poem
5. Sonnet : poem of fourteen lines
6. Verse : poetry
7. Whodunit: mystery story
8. Agon : dispute between chorus and characters in a Greek tragedy
9. Allegory : metaphor used to explain larger meanings
10. Alliteration: repetition of sounds in initial words
11. Allusion: reference to famous persons or events
12. Amphigory : nonsensical poetry
13. Analects : literary passages
14. Analogy : comparison between objects
15. Antithesis : use of contrasting images or words
16. Bowdlerize: censor by cutting offensive sections
17. Blank verse: unrhymed poetry
18. Cacophony: discordant sounds
19. Caesurae: break in poetic rhythm
20. Canto: one of the main divisions of a long poem
21. Cliché : time worn commonplace expression
22. Cognomen: distinguishing name
23. Diatribe : bitter accusation
24. Dithyramb: short poem
25. Ditty: short simple lyric

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2 Responses to “New GRE Word List 27”

1. samir kumar on December 28th, 2010 3:00 am

   any printable sentence completion & analogy problems to you?if ..plz send me.

2. shipra on January 11th, 2011 5:00 am

   Samir, soon we are coming with ebook..

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