GRE Word List
DISSENSION
disagreement
The meaning of the word dissension is disagreement.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pensive | musingly or dreamily thoughtful |
| beguile | hoodwink |
| elope | to run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent |
| scowl | to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| amorous | strongly moved by love and especially sexual love |
| horticultural | the science and art of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants |
| somber | so shaded as to be dark and gloomy |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| unequivocal | leaving no doubt : clear |