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 |
|---|---|
| incredulity | the quality or state of being incredulous : disbelief |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| fundamental | serving as a basis supporting existence or determining essential structure or function : basic |
| loiter | to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle |
| desecrate | to violate the sanctity of : profane |
| deleterious | harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way |
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| encircle | to form a circle around : surround |
| intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |