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 |
|---|---|
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| protean | of or resembling Proteus in having a varied nature or ability to assume different forms |
| expedite | to accelerate the process or progress of : speed up |
| inerrancy | exemption from error : infallibility |
| fritter | a small mass of fried or sautéed batter often containing fruit or meat |
| slaughter | the act of killing |
| dispirited | to deprive of morale or enthusiasm |
| manifesto | a written statement declaring publicly the intentions, motives, or views of its issuer |
| knit | to form by interlacing yarn or thread in a series of connected loops with needles |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |