GRE Word List
DISSONANCE
lack of agreement
The meaning of the word dissonance is lack of agreement.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |
| rake | an implement equipped with projecting prongs to gather material (such as leaves) or for loosening or smoothing the surface of the ground |
| volatile | characterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| commemorative | intended as a commemoration |
| wanton | merciless |
| inequity | injustice |
| ardor | an often restless or transitory warmth of feeling |
| reparable | capable of being repaired |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |