GRE Word List
IRONY
the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning
The meaning of the word irony is the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| downcast | low in spirit : dejected |
| plebeian | a member of the Roman plebs |
| clown | farmer |
| phenomena | phenomenon |
| trickster | one who tricks: such as |
| incite | to move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on |
| bicameral | having, consisting of, or based on two legislative chambers (see chamber |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| tardy | moving slowly : sluggish |
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |