GRE Word List
CONSONANT
being in agreement or harmony : free from elements making for discord
The meaning of the word consonant is being in agreement or harmony : free from elements making for discord.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
| unwarranted | lacking adequate or official support : not warranted : unjustified |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| idyllic | pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| fathom | a unit of length equal to six feet (1.83 meters) used especially for measuring the depth of water |
| lectern | a stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |