GRE Word List
ANTITHESIS
the direct opposite
The meaning of the word antithesis is the direct opposite.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nauseate | to become affected with nausea |
| halting | marked by a lack of sureness or effectiveness |
| pine | any of a genus (Pinus of the family Pinaceae, the pine family) of coniferous evergreen trees that have slender elongated needles and include some valuable timber trees and ornamentals |
| enterprising | marked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act |
| harass | exhaust |
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |
| delve | excavate |
| impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |
| upshot | the final result : outcome |
| grouch | a fit of bad temper |