GRE Word List
ANTITHESIS
the direct opposite
The meaning of the word antithesis is the direct opposite.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |
| prate | to talk long and idly : chatter |
| pendulous | poised without visible support |
| veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| anarchist | a person who rebels against any authority, established order, or ruling power |
| disclaim | to make a disclaimer |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |