GRE Word List
ANTITHESIS
the direct opposite
The meaning of the word antithesis is the direct opposite.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fervor | intensity of feeling or expression |
| tremor | a trembling or shaking usually from physical weakness, emotional stress, or disease |
| debar | to bar from having or doing something : preclude |
| acclimate | to adapt (someone) to a new temperature, altitude, climate, environment, or situation |
| amble | to go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter |
| barrister | a counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor |
| recital | a detailed account : enumeration |
| incubus | an evil spirit that lies on persons in their sleep |
| malodorous | having a bad odor |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |