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 |
|---|---|
| pretend | to give a false appearance of being, possessing, or performing |
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |
| dart | a light spear |
| stoke | to poke or stir up (a fire, flames, etc.) : supply with fuel |
| nectar | the drink of the Greek and Roman gods |
| aloft | at or to a great height |
| squalor | the quality or state of being squalid |
| ethnology | a branch of cultural anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures |
| fervid | very hot : burning |
| sway | the action or an instance of swaying or of being swayed : an oscillating, fluctuating, or sweeping motion |