GRE Word List
DISSONANCE
lack of agreement
The meaning of the word dissonance is lack of agreement.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| manacle | a shackle for the hand or wrist : handcuff |
| mandate | an authoritative command |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| accessory | an object or device that is not essential in itself but adds to the beauty, convenience, or effectiveness of something else |
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |
| connoisseur | expert |
| beset | to set or stud with or as if with ornaments |
| granary | a storehouse for threshed grain |
| worldly | of, relating to, or devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs |
| dissemble | to hide under a false appearance |