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 |
|---|---|
| gastronomy | the art or science of good eating |
| disquietude | anxiety |
| provender | dry food for domestic animals : feed |
| annihilate | to cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains |
| allure | to entice by charm or attraction |
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |
| aptitude | inclination |
| limbo | an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism |
| libidinous | having or marked by lustful desires : lascivious |
| apprise | to give notice to : tell |