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 |
|---|---|
| transgression | an act, process, or instance of transgressing: such as |
| lineaments | an outline, feature, or contour of a body or figure and especially of a face |
| psychic | of or relating to the psyche : psychogenic |
| phobia | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation |
| bucolic | of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen : pastoral |
| itinerary | the route of a journey or tour or the proposed outline of one |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| resound | to become filled with sound : reverberate |
| faze | to disturb the composure of : disconcert |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |