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 |
|---|---|
| delusive | likely to delude |
| bent | unenclosed grassland |
| crossbreed | hybridize |
| muggy | being warm, damp, and close |
| trough | a long shallow often V-shaped receptacle for the drinking water or feed of domestic animals |
| hive | a container for housing honeybees |
| incarnation | the act of incarnating : the state of being incarnate |
| cataract | a clouding of the lens of the eye or of its surrounding transparent membrane that obstructs the passage of light |
| codicil | a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will |
| unbridled | unrestrained |