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 |
|---|---|
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| grudging | unwilling |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| endorse | to write on the back of |
| killjoy | one who spoils the pleasure of others |
| maleficent | working or productive of harm or evil : baleful |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| ascribe | to refer to a supposed cause, source, or author : to say or think that (something) is caused by, comes from, or is associated with a particular person or thing |
| bullion | gold or silver considered as so much metal |
| uxorious | excessively fond of or submissive to a wife |
