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 |
|---|---|
| pungent | sharply painful |
| correlation | the state or relation of being correlated |
| physiognomy | the art of discovering temperament and character from outward appearance |
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |
| venturesome | inclined to court or incur risk or danger : daring |
| hummock | a rounded knoll or hillock |
| wry | twist |
| spawn | to deposit or fertilize spawn |
| leonine | of, relating to, suggestive of, or resembling a lion |
| decree | an order usually having the force of law |