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 |
|---|---|
| factotum | a person having many diverse activities or responsibilities |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| polyglot | one who is polyglot |
| sedentary | not migratory : settled |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| festive | of, relating to, or suitable for a feast or festival |
| climactic | of, relating to, or constituting a climax |
| itinerary | the route of a journey or tour or the proposed outline of one |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |