GRE Word List
DISCORD
lack of agreement or harmony (as between persons, things, or ideas)
The meaning of the word discord is lack of agreement or harmony (as between persons, things, or ideas).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| precis | a concise summary of essential points, statements, or facts |
| passe | past one's prime |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| tutelage | instruction especially of an individual |
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| renounce | to give up, refuse, or resign usually by formal declaration |
| unscathed | wholly unharmed : not injured |