GRE Word List

DISSENSION

disagreement

The meaning of the word dissension is disagreement.

Random words

WordMeaning
adaptto make fit (as for a new use) often by modification
disinterto take out of the grave or tomb
axioma statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate
mnemonicassisting or intended to assist memory
anvila heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering)
mangeany of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange
similea figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor
indeliblethat cannot be removed, washed away, or erased
pulsateto throb or move rhythmically : vibrate
cumulativeincreasing by successive additions