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 |
|---|---|
| momentum | a property (see property |
| dishearten | to cause to lose hope, enthusiasm, or courage : to cause to lose spirit or morale |
| pudding | blood sausage |
| sparse | of few and scattered elements |
| reparation | a repairing or keeping in repair |
| prize | something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance |
| calligraphy | artistic, stylized, or elegant handwriting or lettering |
| juridical | of or relating to the administration of justice or the office of a judge |
| politic | political |
| satellite | a celestial body orbiting another of larger size |