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 |
|---|---|
| proxy | the agency, function, or office of a deputy who acts as a substitute for another |
| connivance | the act of conniving |
| stickler | one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something |
| minute | the 60th part of an hour of time : 60 seconds |
| effervescence | the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing |
| disproportion | lack of proportion, symmetry, or proper relation : disparity |
| fell | skin |
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |
| freebooter | pirate |
| sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |