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 |
|---|---|
| exiguous | excessively scanty : inadequate |
| cataclysm | flood |
| disbar | to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |
| coeval | of the same or equal age, antiquity, or duration |
| matriculate | to enroll as a member of a body and especially of a college or university |
| orthodox | conforming to established doctrine especially in religion |
| feral | of, relating to, or suggestive of a wild beast |
| heed | to pay attention |
| referendum | the principle or practice of submitting to popular vote a measure passed on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative |