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

WordMeaning
mnemonicassisting or intended to assist memory
obtusenot pointed or acute : blunt
disclaimto make a disclaimer
contingentdependent on or conditioned by something else
chortleto sing or chant exultantly
decompositionto separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds
causalexpressing or indicating cause : causative
pitfalltrap
corollarya proposition (see proposition
jocundmarked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness