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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WordMeaning
serebeing dried and withered
lardera place where food is stored : pantry
fancifulmarked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience
lamentto mourn aloud : wail
skittishlively or frisky in action : capricious
pretexta purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs
amputateto remove by or as if by cutting
distraughtagitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain
constituenta member of a constituency
multilingualof, having, or expressed in several languages