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.

Random words

WordMeaning
peremptoryputting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay
temerityunreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness
excoriateto wear off the skin of : abrade
relican object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr
sterilefailing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores
deleteto eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing
rebuttalthe act of rebutting especially in a legal suit
macabrehaving death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death
desultorymarked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose
prattleprate