GRE Word List
ANTITHESIS
the direct opposite
The meaning of the word antithesis is the direct opposite.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| malingerer | to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |
| coy | marked by cute, coquettish, or artful playfulness |
| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| erode | to diminish or destroy by degrees: |
| embellish | to make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate |
| fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |
| elysian | of or relating to Elysium |
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |
| stump | the basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed |