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 |
|---|---|
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra |
| rivulet | a small stream |
| fallow | of a light yellowish-brown color |
| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
| arrears | the state of being behind in the discharge of obligations |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| rebuff | to reject or criticize sharply : snub |
| verve | the spirit and enthusiasm animating artistic composition or performance : vivacity |
| lubricate | to make smooth or slippery |