GRE Word List
DISSONANCE
lack of agreement
The meaning of the word dissonance is lack of agreement.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| quarry | game |
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| slack | not using due diligence, care, or dispatch : negligent |
| incontrovertible | not open to question : indisputable |
| pillage | the act of looting or plundering especially in war |
| constituency | a body of citizens entitled to elect a representative (as to a legislative or executive position) |
| aversion | a feeling of repugnance toward something with a desire to avoid or turn from it |
| egregious | conspicuous |
| surreptitious | done, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine |