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 |
|---|---|
| botch | an inflammatory sore |
| ichthyology | a branch of zoology that deals with fishes |
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| egotistical | characterized by egotism : having, showing, or arising from an exaggerated sense of self-importance |
| crossbreed | hybridize |
| pliant | pliable |
| plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| rakish | of, relating to, or characteristic of a rake : dissolute |
| mime | an ancient dramatic entertainment representing scenes from life usually in a ridiculous manner |