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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| transient | passing especially quickly into and out of existence : transitory |
| dissipate | to break up and drive off |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| impoverish | to make poor |
| ludicrous | amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity |
| anecdote | a usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| phalanx | a body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files |
| sybarite | voluptuary |