doggerel

Day 24Level 3

DAW-guh-rul

trivial poetry

poorly constructed verse

Part of Speech: noun

Example Sentence:

The university press editor called Ian's poem a doggerel, and refused to publish his work.

Related Words

endure, remain

uh-BAHYD

to endure; to remain

hostility

aan-TIH-puh-thee

hostility; a strong feeling of dislike

contradict

bih-LYE

to give a false impression of ; to misrepresent

blunt

bruhsk

rough and abrupt in manner

frank

KAAN-did

frank; honest in speech

council

KAW-kuhs

a group of people of similar interests in an organization