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 |
|---|---|
| quaff | to drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously |
| procurement | the act or process of procuring |
| derogatory | expressive of a low opinion : disparaging |
| margin | the part of a page or sheet outside the main body of printed or written matter |
| piecemeal | one piece at a time : gradually |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| surreptitious | done, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine |
| credential | warranting credit or confidence |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| contentious | likely to cause disagreement or argument |