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 |
|---|---|
| haggard | not tamed |
| beset | to set or stud with or as if with ornaments |
| summation | the act or process of forming a sum : addition |
| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |
| rational | having reason or understanding |
| megalomania | a mania (see mania |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| obstreperous | marked by unruly or aggressive noisiness : clamorous |