GRE Word List
DISPARATE
basically different; impossible to compare; unrelated
The meaning of the word disparate is basically different; impossible to compare; unrelated.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incubus | burden; very worriying problem; mental care; nightmare; male devil; CF. succubus |
| sturdy | strong and firm (in the body) |
| bogus | counterfeit; not authentic; intentionally false; Ex. bogus interview |
| douse | plunge into water or liquid; dip; immerse; drench; wet throughly; extinguish; throw water over; dowse |
| collate | examine and compare in order to verify authenticity; arrange in order (the sheets of a book before they are bound) |
| ciliated | having minute hairs; CF. cilium; CF. cilia: eyelash |
| unravel | disentangle; solve |
| sardonic | scornfully mocking; disdainful; sarcastic; cynical; Ex. sardonic smile |
| digression | wandering away from the subject; V. digress |
| turbid | (of a liquid) having the sediment disturbed; muddy; thick |
