GRE Word List
ANTITHESIS
the direct opposite
The meaning of the word antithesis is the direct opposite.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| saturate | to satisfy fully : satiate |
| protract | to prolong in time or space : continue |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| despoil | to strip of belongings, possessions, or value : pillage |
| hypothetical | involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural |
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
| flair | a skill or instinctive ability to appreciate or make good use of something : talent |
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
| distend | extend |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |