GRE Word List
ANTITHESIS
the direct opposite
The meaning of the word antithesis is the direct opposite.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| insubstantial | not substantial: such as |
| trappings | outward signs |
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |
| trident | a 3-pronged spear serving in classical mythology as the attribute of a sea god (such as Neptune) |
| bellicose | favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| rooster | an adult male domestic chicken |
| distinctive | marking as separate or different : serving to distinguish |