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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self-indulgenceexcessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims
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metricalof, relating to, or composed in meter
germinalbeing in the earliest stage of development
persevereto persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement
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regimeregimen
eccentricdeviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways
submergeto put under water
centigraderelating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point