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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| sentimental | marked or governed by feeling, sensibility, or emotional idealism |
| infraction | the act of infringing : violation |
| graduated | marked with divisions indicating degrees or units of measurement |
| functionary | one who serves in a certain function |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| cipher | zero |
| extol | to praise highly : glorify |
| marrow | bone marrow |
| infirmity | the quality or state of being infirm |