GRE Word List
ANTICLIMAX
the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea
The meaning of the word anticlimax is the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| deviate | to stray especially from a standard, principle, or topic |
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| desiccate | to dry up |
| bound | fastened by or as if by a band : confined |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| resignation | an act or instance of resigning something : surrender |
| comport | to be fitting : accord |
| pauper | a person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity |
| deb\^acle | sudden disastrous downfall or defeat; complete disaster |
| tension | inner striving, unrest, or imbalance often with physiological indication of emotion |