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 |
|---|---|
| attest | to affirm to be true or genuine |
| dissension | disagreement |
| impenetrable | incapable of being penetrated or pierced |
| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |
| malingerer | to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |
| statute | a law enacted by the legislative branch of a government |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| intangible | not tangible : impalpable |
| factious | of or relating to faction: such as |
| doddering | feeble |