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 |
|---|---|
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| incubus | an evil spirit that lies on persons in their sleep |
| pecuniary | consisting of or measured in money |
| intrepid | characterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance |
| synchronous | happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time |
| subordinate | placed in or occupying a lower class, rank, or position : inferior |
| apiary | a place where bees are kept |
| momentum | a property (see property |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| erotic | of, devoted to, or tending to arouse sexual love or desire |