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 |
|---|---|
| dour | stern |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| callus | a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| dispense | to divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions |
| viper | a common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans |
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |
| respiration | the movement of air or dissolved gases into and out of the lungs |
| maraud | to roam about and raid in search of plunder |
| dingy | dirty |