GRE Word List
IRONIC
relating to, containing, or constituting irony
The meaning of the word ironic is relating to, containing, or constituting irony.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| license | permission to act |
| institutionalize | to make into an institution : give character of an institution to |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| amass | to collect for oneself : accumulate |
| numismatist | the study or collection of coins, tokens, and paper money and sometimes related objects (such as medals) |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |
| unprecedented | having no precedent : novel |
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |
| innuendo | an oblique allusion : hint |