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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WordMeaning
purportto have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred)
expertisethe skill of an expert
cataclysmflood
anecdotea usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident
augurydivination from auspices (see auspice
ecclesiasticecclesiastical
deliriuman acute (see acute
rationalean explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
sojourna temporary stay