GRE Word List
DISSONANCE
lack of agreement
The meaning of the word dissonance is lack of agreement.
Random words
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|---|---|
| murmur | a half-suppressed or muttered complaint : grumbling |
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| vindicate | to free from allegation or blame |
| margin | the part of a page or sheet outside the main body of printed or written matter |
| multilingual | of, having, or expressed in several languages |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
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