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 |
|---|---|
| stealth | a cautious, unobtrusive, and secretive way of moving or proceeding intended to avoid detection |
| enfranchise | to set free (as from slavery) |
| condiments | something used to enhance the flavor of food |
| pulchritude | physical comeliness |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |
| monetary | of or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy |
| protean | of or resembling Proteus in having a varied nature or ability to assume different forms |
| prize | something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance |
| slew | a large number |
| amble | to go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter |