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

WordMeaning
groovea long narrow channel or depression
hewto cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument
annulto declare or make legally invalid or void
nonsensewords or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas
ursineof or relating to a bear or the bear family (Ursidae)
lewdobscene
brandishto shake or wave (something, such as a weapon) menacingly
rebuffto reject or criticize sharply : snub
ethnicof or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background
yeomanan attendant or officer in a royal or noble household