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 |
|---|---|
| microcosm | a little world |
| knack | a special ready capacity that is hard to analyze or teach |
| hazard | a source of danger |
| taciturn | temperamentally disinclined to talk |
| embitter | to excite bitter feelings in |
| placid | serenely free of interruption or disturbance |
| regime | regimen |
| spasmodic | relating to or affected or characterized by spasm |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |