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 |
|---|---|
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| ejaculation | an act of ejaculating |
| anachronism | an error in chronology |
| absolve | to set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt |
| evince | to constitute outward evidence of |
| despot | a ruler with absolute power and authority |
| apogee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth |
| acclaim | applaud |
| veracious | truthful |
| solitude | the quality or state of being alone or remote from society : seclusion |