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 |
|---|---|
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| impregnable | incapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable |
| infallible | incapable of error : unerring |
| nubile | of marriageable condition or age |
| rendition | the act or result of rendering something: such as |
| inasmuch_as | since; owing to the fact that |
| blunder | to move unsteadily or confusedly |
| vantage | a position giving a strategic advantage, commanding perspective, or comprehensive view |
| hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |
| haggle | to cut roughly or clumsily : hack |