GRE Word List
ANTITHESIS
the direct opposite
The meaning of the word antithesis is the direct opposite.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| accost | to approach and speak to (someone) in an often challenging or aggressive way |
| testy | easily annoyed : irritable |
| commodious | comfortably or conveniently spacious : roomy |
| memoir | an official note or report : memorandum |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
| riveting | having the power to fix the attention : engrossing |
| jaundice | yellowish pigmentation of the skin, tissues, and body fluids caused by the deposition of bile pigments |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| espionage | the practice of spying or using spies to obtain information about the plans and activities especially of a foreign government or a competing company |
| discordant | being at variance : disagreeing |