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 |
|---|---|
| acetic | vinegary |
| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |
| addle | rotten |
| seethe | to suffer violent internal excitement |
| immutable | not capable of or susceptible to change |
| prosody | the study of versification |
| clime | climate |
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |
| elucidate | to make lucid especially by explanation or analysis |
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