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

WordMeaning
outgoinggoing away : departing
laceto draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets
peripherythe perimeter of a circle or other closed curve
mitigateto cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify
quaintpleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar
expatriatebanish
recurrentrunning or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course
sobrietythe quality or state of being sober
nubileof marriageable condition or age
wrestto pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements