GRE Word List
ANTITHESIS
the direct opposite
The meaning of the word antithesis is the direct opposite.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| perturb | to cause to be worried or upset : disquiet |
| voluble | easily rolling or turning : rotating |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| confluence | a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| gourmet | a connoisseur of food and drink |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| chauvinist | an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex |
| artisan | a worker who practices a trade or handicraft : craftsperson |
| browbeat | to intimidate or disconcert by a stern manner or arrogant speech : bully |