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 |
|---|---|
| odious | arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful |
| sere | being dried and withered |
| caldron | a large kettle or boiler |
| enunciate | to make a definite or systematic statement of |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| responsiveness | giving response : constituting a response : answering |
| prestige | standing or estimation in the eyes of people : weight or credit in general opinion |
| delusive | likely to delude |
| gruff | rough, brusque, or stern in manner, speech, or aspect |