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 |
|---|---|
| peremptory | putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |
| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |
| sterile | failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores |
| delete | to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing |
| rebuttal | the act of rebutting especially in a legal suit |
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |
| desultory | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |
| prattle | prate |