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 |
|---|---|
| welter | writhe |
| benefit | something that produces good or helpful results or effects or that promotes well-being : advantage |
| woeful | full of woe : grievous |
| hydrophobia | rabies |
| filibuster | an irregular military adventurer |
| expansive | having a capacity or a tendency to expand |
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |
| sow | an adult female swine |
| tedium | the quality or state of being tedious : tediousness |