GRE Word List
ANTITHESIS
the direct opposite
The meaning of the word antithesis is the direct opposite.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| credo | a guiding belief or principle : creed |
| perforate | to make a hole through |
| persevere | to persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement |
| scintilla | spark |
| ultimate | last in a progression or series : final |
| gravity | dignity or sobriety of bearing |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| affront | to insult especially to the face by behavior or language |
| infidel | one who is not a Christian or who opposes Christianity |
| immune | not susceptible or responsive |