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 |
|---|---|
| groove | a long narrow channel or depression |
| hew | to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument |
| annul | to declare or make legally invalid or void |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| ursine | of or relating to a bear or the bear family (Ursidae) |
| lewd | obscene |
| brandish | to shake or wave (something, such as a weapon) menacingly |
| rebuff | to reject or criticize sharply : snub |
| ethnic | of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background |
| yeoman | an attendant or officer in a royal or noble household |