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.

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WordMeaning
accostto approach and speak to (someone) in an often challenging or aggressive way
expropriateto deprive of possession or proprietary rights
jargonthe technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group
insubordinationdisobedient to authority
tatterto make ragged
blusterto talk or act with noisy swaggering threats
throttleto compress the throat of : choke
sanctimonioushypocritically pious or devout
stygianof or relating to the river Styx
shrewany of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur