GRE Word List

CONSONANCE

harmony or agreement among components

The meaning of the word consonance is harmony or agreement among components.

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retroactiveextending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past
carcinogenicproducing or tending to produce cancer
queuea braid of hair usually worn hanging at the back of the head
lecterna stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker
blaseapathetic to pleasure or excitement as a result of excessive indulgence or enjoyment : world-weary
coniferany of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit
warblea melodious succession of low pleasing sounds
blisscomplete happiness
befuddleto muddle or stupefy with or as if with drink
colloquialused in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation