GRE Word List
DISSONANCE
lack of agreement
The meaning of the word dissonance is lack of agreement.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| glut | to flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand |
| redress | to set right : remedy |
| titular | having the title and usually the honors belonging to an office or dignity without the duties, functions, or responsibilities |
| abscission | the act or process of cutting off : removal |
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| venture | to proceed especially in the face of danger |
| stipend | a fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| indifferent | marked by a lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern for something : apathetic |
| 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 |