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 |
|---|---|
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| brim | an upper or outer margin : verge |
| titter | to laugh in a nervous, affected, or partly suppressed manner : giggle |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| piscatorial | piscatory |
| boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |
| terminus | either end of a transportation line or travel route |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |
| unfeigned | not feigned or hypocritical : genuine |