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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| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| immolate | to kill or destroy especially by fire |
| base | the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation |
| blight | a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers) |
| compost | a mixture that consists largely of decayed organic matter and is used for fertilizing and conditioning land |
| provision | the act or process of providing |
| choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |
| dolorous | causing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief |
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
| offhand | without premeditation or preparation : extempore |