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 |
|---|---|
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| pious | marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship |
| bullion | gold or silver considered as so much metal |
| shed | to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| grotto | cave |
| mingle | to bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix |
| propriety | the quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness |
| slight | having a slim or delicate build : not stout or massive in body |
| indissoluble | not dissoluble |