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 |
|---|---|
| blanch | to take the color out of |
| whimsical | resulting from or characterized by whim or caprice |
| energize | to make energetic, vigorous, or active |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| fortuitous | occurring by chance |
| parched | deprived of natural moisture |
| outrage | an act of violence or brutality |
| trek | to make one's way arduously |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| ford | a shallow part of a body of water that may be crossed by wading |