GRE Word List
DISSONANCE
lack of agreement
The meaning of the word dissonance is lack of agreement.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disquietude | anxiety |
| lucid | suffused with light : luminous |
| sacrosanct | most sacred or holy : inviolable |
| practical | of, relating to, or manifested in practice or action : not theoretical or ideal |
| exacting | tryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands |
| hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |
| humane | marked by compassion, sympathy, or consideration for humans or animals |
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| philanderer | a man who has sexual relations with many women |
| irresolute | uncertain how to act or proceed : vacillating |