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 |
|---|---|
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| suffragist | one who advocates extension of suffrage especially to women |
| blight | a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers) |
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| unintimidating | not causing a feeling of fear or timidity : not intimidating |
| emanate | to come out from a source |
| muggy | being warm, damp, and close |
| catalyst | a substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible |
| regatta | a rowing, speedboat, or sailing race or a series of such races |
