GRE Word List
DISSENSION
disagreement
The meaning of the word dissension is disagreement.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inordinate | exceeding reasonable limits : immoderate |
| retribution | recompense |
| relegate | to send into exile : banish |
| consternation | amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion |
| coincidence | the act or condition of coinciding : correspondence |
| forestall | to exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| decollete | wearing a strapless or low-necked dress |
| lottery | a drawing of lots in which prizes are distributed to the winners among persons buying a chance |
| bastard | a child born to parents who are not married to each other |