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 |
|---|---|
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| palatable | agreeable to the palate or taste |
| sprightly | marked by a gay lightness and vivacity : spirited |
| swagger | to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner |
| cognizance | a distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing) |
| endorse | to write on the back of |
| redolent | exuding fragrance : aromatic |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| demise | death |
| skulk | to move in a stealthy or furtive manner |