GRE Word List
DISSONANCE
lack of agreement
The meaning of the word dissonance is lack of agreement.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unravel | to disengage or separate the threads of : disentangle |
| falsify | to prove or declare false : disprove |
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| defoliate | to deprive of leaves especially prematurely |
| enhance | heighten |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |
| analogous | similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| linger | to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry |