GRE Word List
DISSENSION
disagreement of opinions causing strife within a group
The meaning of the word dissension is disagreement of opinions causing strife within a group.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| preclude | make impossible; prevent; exclude; eliminate |
| healthy | possessing good health; healthful |
| propellant | substance which propels or drives forward (such as an explosive charge or a rocket fuel) |
| yokel | rustic; country bumpkin; |
| cerebral | pertaining to the brain or intellect; intellectual rather than emotional; CF. cerebrum |
| assiduous | diligent |
| commodious | spacious and comfortable |
| cremate | incinerate (a corpse); N. crematory, crematorium |
| metaphor | implied comparison; CF. simile |
| relinquish | give up something (with reluctance); yield; release; Ex. relinquish power/the claim to the land/his hold on my arm |
