GRE Word List
ANTITHESIS
the direct opposite
The meaning of the word antithesis is the direct opposite.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| expatiate | to move about freely or at will : wander |
| maverick | an unbranded range animal |
| smolder | to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke |
| graphic | of or relating to the pictorial arts |
| retrospective | of, relating to, or given to retrospection |
| pique | to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff |
| slapdash | haphazard |