GRE Word List
ANTITHESIS
the direct opposite
The meaning of the word antithesis is the direct opposite.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| drudgery | dull, irksome, and fatiguing work : uninspiring or menial labor |
| sensitization | the action or process of sensitizing |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| terminal | leading ultimately to death : fatal |
| charm | the chanting or reciting of a magic spell : incantation |
| retain | to keep in possession or use |
| wastrel | vagabond |
| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| amalgam | a mixture of different elements |