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 |
|---|---|
| subtlety | the quality or state of being subtle |
| summation | the act or process of forming a sum : addition |
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
| recount | to relate in detail : narrate |
| shackle | something (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms |
| realm | kingdom |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| wry | twist |