GRE Word List
ANTITHESIS
the direct opposite
The meaning of the word antithesis is the direct opposite.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| executor | one who executes something |
| sustenance | means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| hubris | exaggerated pride or self-confidence |
| equivocate | to use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive |
| cache | a hiding place especially for concealing and preserving provisions or implements |
| facile | easily accomplished or attained |
| universal | including or covering all or a whole collectively or distributively without limit or exception |
| sloth | disinclination to action or labor : indolence |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |