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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |
| alms | something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor |
| jaundiced | affected with or as if with jaundice |
| demure | reserved |
| nubile | of marriageable condition or age |
| moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |
| disclose | to make known or public |
| barterer | to trade by exchanging one commodity for another : to trade goods or services in exchange for other goods or services |
| engulf | to flow over and enclose : overwhelm |
| philistine | a native or inhabitant of ancient Philistia |