GRE Word List
ANTITHESIS
the direct opposite
The meaning of the word antithesis is the direct opposite.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| appellation | an identifying name or title : designation |
| equivocate | to use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| minutiae | a minute or minor detail |
| heinous | hatefully or shockingly evil : abominable |
| oversee | survey |
| rational | having reason or understanding |
| secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |
| jostle | to come in contact or into collision |
| desolate | devoid of inhabitants and visitors : deserted |