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 |
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| unwieldy | not easily managed, handled, or used (as because of bulk, weight, complexity, or awkwardness) : cumbersome |
| repose | a state of resting after exertion or strain |
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |
| acclimate | to adapt (someone) to a new temperature, altitude, climate, environment, or situation |
| amorphous | having no definite form : shapeless |
| deleterious | harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| inhibited | to prohibit from doing something |
| reconnaissance | a preliminary survey to gain information |
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |