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 |
|---|---|
| abusive | using harsh, insulting language |
| incarnation | the act of incarnating : the state of being incarnate |
| forge | a furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy |
| germ | a small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts |
| hideous | offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly |
| scion | descendant |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| score | twenty |
| deluge | an overflowing of the land by water |
| dishearten | to cause to lose hope, enthusiasm, or courage : to cause to lose spirit or morale |