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 |
|---|---|
| benison | blessing |
| excise | an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity |
| upshot | the final result : outcome |
| acme | the highest point or stage |
| disport | sport |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| copious | yielding something abundantly |
| implication | something implied: such as |
| tithe | a tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment |