GRE Word List
ANTITHESIS
the direct opposite
The meaning of the word antithesis is the direct opposite.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |
| sycophant | a servile self-seeking flatterer |
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |
| surreptitious | done, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine |
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
| expertise | the skill of an expert |
| sow | an adult female swine |
| commiserate | to feel or express sympathy : condole |
| esteem | the regard in which one is held |
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |