GRE Word List
ANTITHESIS
the direct opposite
The meaning of the word antithesis is the direct opposite.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| podiatrist | the medical care and treatment of the human foot |
| lank | not well filled out : slender |
| secession | withdrawal into privacy or solitude : retirement |
| intrigue | the practice of engaging in secret schemes |
| pilfer | steal |
| annihilate | to cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| nonplus | a state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary |
| fell | skin |
| sustenance | means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living |