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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urchinhedgehog
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inebriateone who is drunk
abortiveprematurely born
irremediablenot remediable
forthcomingbeing about to appear or to be produced or made available
culpablemeriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful
scapegoata goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur
smudgeto make a smudge on
dubiousunsettled in opinion : doubtful