GRE Word List
SARCASM
a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain
The meaning of the word sarcasm is a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hideous | offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly |
| imperceptible | not perceptible by a sense or by the mind : extremely slight, gradual, or subtle |
| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |
| prurient | marked by or arousing an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire |
| tryst | an agreement (as between lovers) to meet |
| lackluster | lacking in sheen, brilliance, or vitality : dull |
| coin | corner |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| desolate | devoid of inhabitants and visitors : deserted |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |