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 |
|---|---|
| inebriated | exhilarated or confused by or as if by alcohol : intoxicated |
| bridle | the headgear with which a horse is governed and which carries a bit (see bit |
| breach | infraction or violation of a law, obligation, tie, or standard |
| incite | to move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on |
| carnivorous | subsisting or feeding on animal tissues |
| shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| trivia | unimportant matters : trivial facts or details |
| propensity | an often intense natural inclination or preference |
| tenacity | the quality or state of being tenacious |