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 |
|---|---|
| panegyric | a eulogistic oration or writing |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| artful | performed with or showing art or skill |
| distend | extend |
| slander | to utter slander against : defame |
| recluse | marked by withdrawal from society : solitary |
| assumption | a taking to or upon oneself |
| perspicacious | of acute mental vision or discernment : keen |
| diatribe | a bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing |
| pallet | a straw-filled tick or mattress |