GRE Word List
DISSONANCE
lack of agreement
The meaning of the word dissonance is lack of agreement.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| withdrawn | removed from immediate contact or easy approach : isolated |
| scrupulous | having moral integrity : acting in strict regard for what is considered right or proper |
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |
| mettle | vigor and strength of spirit or temperament (see temperament |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| rickety | affected with rickets |
| proviso | an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition |
| gesticulation | the act of making gestures |