GRE Word List
DISSONANCE
lack of agreement
The meaning of the word dissonance is lack of agreement.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |
| caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |
| dilettante | a person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge : dabbler |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| shangri-la | a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia |
| scraps | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| convene | to come together in a body |
| perpetual | continuing forever : everlasting |
| tome | book |