GRE Word List
ANTITHESIS
the direct opposite
The meaning of the word antithesis is the direct opposite.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| allocate | to apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things : distribute |
| cauterize | to sear with a cautery or caustic |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| withhold | to hold back from action : check |
| angular | forming an angle : sharp-cornered |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| pious | marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship |
| phenomena | phenomenon |
| tractable | capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |