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 |
|---|---|
| conundrum | an intricate and difficult problem |
| laborious | involving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous |
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |
| abyss | an immeasurably deep gulf or great space |
| lampoon | satire |
| omnivorous | feeding on both animal and vegetable substances |
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
| clandestine | marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious |
| reproach | an expression of rebuke or disapproval |