GRE Word List
DISSONANCE
lack of agreement
The meaning of the word dissonance is lack of agreement.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sate | satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy |
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| apologist | someone who speaks or writes in defense of someone or something that is typically controversial, unpopular, or subject to criticism |
| exasperate | to cause irritation or annoyance to |
| profound | having intellectual depth and insight |
| blight | a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers) |
| avow | to declare assuredly |
| graduate | to receive an academic degree or diploma |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |