GRE Word List
DISSONANCE
lack of agreement
The meaning of the word dissonance is lack of agreement.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| flippant | lacking proper respect or seriousness |
| gibberish | unintelligible or meaningless language: |
| jaundiced | affected with or as if with jaundice |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| respite | a period of temporary delay |
| coy | marked by cute, coquettish, or artful playfulness |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| raffle | to engage in a raffle |
| paleontology | a science dealing with the life of past geologic periods as known from fossil remains |
| jeopardize | to expose to danger or risk : imperil |