GRE Word List

ANTITHESIS

the direct opposite

The meaning of the word antithesis is the direct opposite.

Random words

WordMeaning
slewa large number
reputedhaving a good repute : reputable
sanctiona formal decree
illimitableincapable of being limited or bounded : measureless
syntheticrelating to or involving synthesis : not analytic
denotationan act or process of denoting
amnestythe act of an authority (such as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals
espionagethe practice of spying or using spies to obtain information about the plans and activities especially of a foreign government or a competing company
equablemarked by lack of variation or change : uniform
mammalany of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans