GRE Word List
LITOTES
understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy")
The meaning of the word litotes is understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy").
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| untenable | not able to be defended |
| allocate | to apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things : distribute |
| consort | associate |
| revert | to come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject) |
| fathom | a unit of length equal to six feet (1.83 meters) used especially for measuring the depth of water |
| trappings | outward signs |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| sleeper | one that sleeps |
| rapt | lifted up and carried away |
| sparse | of few and scattered elements |