GRE Word List
ANTITHESIS
the direct opposite
The meaning of the word antithesis is the direct opposite.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| credence | mental acceptance as true or real |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
| interim | an intervening time : interval |
| scale | an instrument or machine for weighing |
| gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |
| forfeit | something forfeited or subject to being forfeited (as for a crime, offense, or neglect of duty) : penalty |
| dogged | marked by stubborn determination |
| reaper | one that reaps |