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 |
|---|---|
| traumatic | psychologically or emotionally stressful in a way that can lead to serious mental and emotional problems |
| quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |
| deluge | an overflowing of the land by water |
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
| fluency | the quality or state of being fluent |
| assurance | the state of being assured: such as |
| appraise | to set a value on : to estimate the amount of |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| mingle | to bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |