GRE Word List
HAVOC
wide and general destruction : devastation
The meaning of the word havoc is wide and general destruction : devastation.
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|---|---|
| luster | a glow of reflected light : sheen |
| futile | serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective |
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| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| tout | to make much of : promote |
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