GRE Word List
ANTITHESIS
the direct opposite
The meaning of the word antithesis is the direct opposite.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| piety | the quality or state of being pious: such as |
| satiate | filled to satiety |
| lopsided | leaning to one side |
| incubus | an evil spirit that lies on persons in their sleep |
| appurtenances | accessory objects |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| careen | to put (a ship or boat) on a beach especially in order to clean, caulk, or repair the hull |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| kneel | to position the body so that one or both knees rest on the floor |
| insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |