GRE Word List
DISSONANCE
lack of agreement
The meaning of the word dissonance is lack of agreement.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| simulate | to give or assume the appearance or effect of often with the intent to deceive : imitate |
| haunt | to visit often : frequent |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| boorish | resembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor |
| obeisance | a movement of the body made in token of respect or submission : bow |
| venerable | calling forth respect through age, character, and attainments |
| falsify | to prove or declare false : disprove |
| farce | stuff |
| malignant | tending to produce death or deterioration |
| coin | corner |