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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WordMeaning
intolerantunable or unwilling to endure
implausiblenot plausible : provoking disbelief
conscripta conscripted person (such as a military recruit)
eulogistica commendatory oration or writing especially in honor of one deceased
abdicateto renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function
partialof or relating to a part rather than the whole : not general or total
gauchelacking social experience or grace
knottymarked by or full of knots
crotchetygiven to crotchets (see crotchet
aboriginalbeing the first or earliest known of its kind present in a region