GRE Word List
DISSONANCE
lack of agreement
The meaning of the word dissonance is lack of agreement.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| clandestine | marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious |
| flora | a treatise on or list of the plants of an area or period |
| pessimism | an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome |
| bluff | having a broad flattened front |
| luscious | having a delicious taste or smell : sweet |
| bruise | an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| eulogistic | a commendatory oration or writing especially in honor of one deceased |
| complaisant | marked by an inclination to please or oblige |
| forebears | ancestor |