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

WordMeaning
delusivelikely to delude
bentunenclosed grassland
crossbreedhybridize
muggybeing warm, damp, and close
trougha long shallow often V-shaped receptacle for the drinking water or feed of domestic animals
hivea container for housing honeybees
incarnationthe act of incarnating : the state of being incarnate
cataracta clouding of the lens of the eye or of its surrounding transparent membrane that obstructs the passage of light
codicila legal instrument made to modify an earlier will
unbridledunrestrained