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 |
|---|---|
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |
| advert | to turn the mind or attention |
| inviolable | secure from violation or profanation |
| exempt | free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject |
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| boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |
| lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |
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