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 |
|---|---|
| uncouth | awkward and uncultivated in appearance, manner, or behavior : rude |
| irrevocable | not possible to revoke : unalterable |
| derision | the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt |
| altercation | a noisy, heated, angry dispute |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
| brochure | pamphlet |
| urgent | calling for immediate attention : pressing |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| brazen | made of brass |