GRE Word List
DISPROPORTION
lack of proportion, symmetry, or proper relation : disparity
The meaning of the word disproportion is lack of proportion, symmetry, or proper relation : disparity.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| preternatural | existing outside of nature |
| industrious | constantly, regularly, or habitually active or occupied : diligent |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| 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") |
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |
| dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |
| grotto | cave |
| supposition | something that is supposed : hypothesis |
| beguile | hoodwink |