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 |
|---|---|
| lofty | elevated in character and spirit : noble |
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| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |
| coercion | the act, process, or power of coercing |
| frustrate | to balk or defeat in an endeavor |
| stout | strong of character: such as |
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| shackle | something (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms |
| cipher | zero |
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |