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 |
|---|---|
| equable | marked by lack of variation or change : uniform |
| stench | stink |
| rank | relative standing or position |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| impassive | giving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless |
| accoutre | to provide with equipment or furnishings : outfit |
| satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| reduce | to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate |
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