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 |
|---|---|
| impassioned | filled with passion or zeal : showing great warmth or intensity of feeling |
| indite | make up |
| trance | stupor |
| adversity | a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune |
| blackball | to vote against |
| quietude | a quiet state : repose |
| beneficiary | a person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| marginal | written or printed in the margin of a page or sheet |
| slake | subside |