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
carousala wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse
herbivorousfeeding on plants
impassionedfilled with passion or zeal : showing great warmth or intensity of feeling
gustatoryrelating to or associated with eating or the sense of taste
hortatoryhortative
conveyancethe action of conveying
errantbehaving wrongly
throttleto compress the throat of : choke
rostera roll or list of personnel
perpetuateto make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely