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 |
|---|---|
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |
| plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |
| equivocal | subject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse |
| coincidence | the act or condition of coinciding : correspondence |
| incantation | a use of spells or verbal charms spoken or sung as a part of a ritual of magic |
| azure | the blue color of the clear sky |
| jabber | to talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| franchise | the right or license granted to an individual or group to market a company's goods or services in a particular territory |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |