GRE Word List
CONSONANCE
harmony or agreement among components
The meaning of the word consonance is harmony or agreement among components.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| plethora | an ample amount or number : abundance |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| papyrus | a tall perennial sedge (Cyperus papyrus) of the Nile valley |
| awe | an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime |
| dissection | the act or process of dissecting : the state of being dissected |
| deciduous | falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle |
| culvert | a transverse drain |
| immune | not susceptible or responsive |
| animadversion | a critical and usually censorious remark |
| impertinent | given to or characterized by insolent rudeness |