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 |
|---|---|
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| crossbreed | hybridize |
| dominant | commanding, controlling, or prevailing over all others |
| prevalent | generally or widely accepted, practiced, or favored : widespread |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| renounce | to give up, refuse, or resign usually by formal declaration |
| fleet | a number of warships under a single command |
| mirage | an optical (see optical |
| psychosomatic | of, relating to, concerned with, or involving both mind and body |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |