GRE Word List
ANTITHESIS
the direct opposite
The meaning of the word antithesis is the direct opposite.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| sagacious | of keen and farsighted penetration and judgment : discerning |
| diligence | steady, earnest, and energetic effort : devoted and painstaking work and application to accomplish an undertaking : assiduity |
| derision | the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| dally | to act playfully |
| vindicate | to free from allegation or blame |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| pedigree | a register recording a line of ancestors |
| enact | to establish by legal and authoritative act |