GRE Word List
ANTITHESIS
the direct opposite
The meaning of the word antithesis is the direct opposite.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| didactic | designed or intended to teach |
| expiate | to make amends for |
| grisly | inspiring horror or intense fear |
| arch- | a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening) |
| clipper | one that clips something |
| junket | trip |
| tightwad | a close or miserly person |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| timorous | of a timid disposition : fearful |