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 |
|---|---|
| protege | one who is protected or trained or whose career is furthered by a person of experience, prominence, or influence |
| brunt | the principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack) |
| masticate | to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew |
| indigent | suffering from extreme poverty : impoverished |
| lien | a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| fetter | a chain or shackle for the feet |
| concise | marked by brevity of expression or statement : free from all elaboration and superfluous detail |
| eventual | contingent |
| jingoist | extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy |