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
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patrimony | an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor |
staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |
imperial | of, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor |
congruent | congruous |
requiem | a mass for the dead |
parsimony | the quality of being careful with money or resources : thrift |
precocious | exceptionally early in development or occurrence |
luxuriant | yielding abundantly : fertile |
martinet | a strict disciplinarian |
wilt | loose freshness; droop |