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 |
|---|---|
| potential | existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |
| menace | a show of intention to inflict harm : threat |
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |
| ration | a food allowance for one day |
| derision | the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt |
| jab | to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object |
| score | twenty |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| sleeper | one that sleeps |