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 |
|---|---|
| effectual | producing or able to produce a desired effect |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| fit | acceptable from a particular viewpoint (as of competence or morality) : proper |
| scrimmage | a minor battle : skirmish |
| reciprocate | to give and take mutually |
| warble | a melodious succession of low pleasing sounds |
| auspicious | showing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious |
| parallelism | the quality or state of being parallel |
| pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |