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 |
|---|---|
| sycophant | a servile self-seeking flatterer |
| rigid | deficient in or devoid of flexibility |
| buffoon | a ludicrous figure : clown |
| leery | suspicious |
| remit | to lay aside (a mood or disposition) partly or wholly |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |
| incriminate | to charge with or show evidence or proof of involvement in a crime or fault |
| meddlesome | given to meddling |
| trifling | lacking in significance or solid worth: such as |