GRE Word List
DISSONANCE
lack of agreement
The meaning of the word dissonance is lack of agreement.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| capacious | containing or capable of containing a great deal |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| remit | to lay aside (a mood or disposition) partly or wholly |
| sovereign | one possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty |
| pathos | an element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion |
| propulsive | tending or having power to propel |
| zeal | eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something : fervor |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |
| venerate | to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference |
| equinox | either of the two points on the celestial sphere where the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic |