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 |
|---|---|
| ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable |
| derivative | a word formed from another word or base : a word formed by derivation |
| base | the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation |
| derision | the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt |
| orator | one who delivers an oration |
| historic | historical |
| confluence | a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point |
| coterie | an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose |
| plumber | a dealer or worker in lead |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |