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 |
|---|---|
| consternation | amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| rote | the use of memory usually with little intelligence |
| epicurean | of or relating to Epicurus or Epicureanism |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |
| relinquish | to withdraw or retreat from : leave behind |
| connubial | of or relating to the married state : conjugal |
| seduce | to persuade to disobedience or disloyalty |
| cater | to provide a supply of food |
| narcissist | an individual showing symptoms of or affected by narcissism: such as |