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

WordMeaning
downcastlow in spirit : dejected
plebeiana member of the Roman plebs
clownfarmer
phenomenaphenomenon
tricksterone who tricks: such as
inciteto move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on
bicameralhaving, consisting of, or based on two legislative chambers (see chamber
paranoiamental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations
tardymoving slowly : sluggish
forbearancea refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due