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 |
|---|---|
| dulcet | sweet to the taste |
| affinity | relationship by marriage |
| chorus | a company of singers and dancers in Athenian drama participating in or commenting on the action |
| forebears | ancestor |
| uproarious | marked by uproar |
| epilogue | a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work |
| manumit | to release from slavery |
| interregnum | the time during which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns or regimes |
| prelate | an ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank |
| cog | a tooth on the rim of a wheel or gear |