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 |
|---|---|
| dawdle | to spend time idly |
| crescendo | a gradual increase |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| granary | a storehouse for threshed grain |
| vapid | lacking flavor, zest, interest, animation, or spirit : flat |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| infraction | the act of infringing : violation |
| potpourri | a mixture of flowers, herbs, and spices that is usually kept in a jar and used for scent |
| paleontology | a science dealing with the life of past geologic periods as known from fossil remains |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |