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 |
|---|---|
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| blandishment | something that tends to coax or cajole : allurement |
| marital | of or relating to marriage or the married state |
| concentric | having a common center |
| partition | the action of parting : the state of being parted : division |
| opalescent | reflecting an iridescent light |
| stun | to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze |
| gerontocracy | rule by elders |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| citadel | a fortress that commands (see command |