GRE Word List
ANTITHESIS
the direct opposite
The meaning of the word antithesis is the direct opposite.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ignite | to set afire |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| unassuming | not assuming : modest |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| wry | twist |
| retrench | cut down |
| reiterate | to state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect |
| incubus | an evil spirit that lies on persons in their sleep |
| rustic | of, relating to, or suitable for the country : rural |
| yore | time past and especially long past |