GRE Word List
ANTITHESIS
the direct opposite
The meaning of the word antithesis is the direct opposite.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| windfall | something (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind |
| swill | wash |
| bemoan | to express deep grief or distress over |
| oratorio | a lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery |
| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
| dilemma | a usually undesirable or unpleasant choice |
| vacuous | emptied of or lacking content |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| gorge | a narrow passage through land |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |