GRE Word List
WITTICISM
a cleverly witty and often biting or ironic remark
The meaning of the word witticism is a cleverly witty and often biting or ironic remark.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| antipathy | a strong feeling of dislike |
| expropriate | to deprive of possession or proprietary rights |
| husband | a male partner in a marriage |
| metropolis | the chief or capital city of a country, state, or region |
| odious | arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful |
| prosperous | auspicious |
| compartment | a separate division or section |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| start | to move suddenly and violently : spring |
| gibe | to utter taunting words |