GRE Word List
IRONIC
relating to, containing, or constituting irony
The meaning of the word ironic is relating to, containing, or constituting irony.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| outstrip | to go faster or farther than |
| orient | to direct (something, such as a book or film) toward the interests of a particular group |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |
| provincial | the superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order |
| inhibit | to prohibit from doing something |
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
| pillage | the act of looting or plundering especially in war |
| linger | to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry |
