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 |
|---|---|
| slovenly | untidy especially in personal appearance |
| figurative | representing by a figure or resemblance : emblematic |
| volatile | characterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change |
| universal | including or covering all or a whole collectively or distributively without limit or exception |
| mirth | gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| plaster | a medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance |
| preposterous | contrary to nature, reason, or common sense : absurd |
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |