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 |
|---|---|
| benign | of a mild type or character that does not threaten health or life |
| peccadillo | a slight offense |
| dys- | abnormal |
| sobriety | the quality or state of being sober |
| skittish | lively or frisky in action : capricious |
| concise | marked by brevity of expression or statement : free from all elaboration and superfluous detail |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| disaffected | discontented and resentful especially against authority : rebellious |
| agrarian | of or relating to fields or lands or their tenure |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |