GRE Word List
ANTITHESIS
the direct opposite
The meaning of the word antithesis is the direct opposite.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sustenance | means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living |
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |
| jubilation | an act of rejoicing : the state of being jubilant |
| grouch | a fit of bad temper |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| gerontocracy | rule by elders |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| lustrous | reflecting light evenly and efficiently without glitter or sparkle |
| monogram | a sign of identity usually formed of the combined initials of a name |
| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |