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 |
|---|---|
| stoop | to bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees |
| minutiae | a minute or minor detail |
| cataclysm | flood |
| yore | time past and especially long past |
| jocose | given to joking : merry |
| debase | to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character |
| blue | of the color whose hue is that of the clear sky : of the color blue (see blue |
| fluke | flatfish |
| prestige | standing or estimation in the eyes of people : weight or credit in general opinion |
| supererogatory | observed or performed to an extent not enjoined or required |