GRE Word List
DISPARATE
markedly distinct in quality or character
The meaning of the word disparate is markedly distinct in quality or character.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| threadbare | having the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby |
| varnish | a liquid preparation that when applied to a surface dries to form a hard lustrous typically transparent coating |
| irascible | marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger |
| dolt | a stupid person |
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |
| diffuse | being at once verbose and ill-organized |
| shrivel | to draw into wrinkles especially with a loss of moisture |
| navigable | deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships |
| inestimable | incapable of being estimated or computed |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |