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").
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lithe | easily bent or flexed |
| shudder | to tremble convulsively : shiver |
| headstrong | not easily restrained : impatient of control, advice, or suggestions |
| fastidious | showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care |
| voluptuous | suggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form |
| bulk | magnitude |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| venial | of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable |
| commandeer | to compel to perform military service |
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |