GRE Word List
DISSONANCE
lack of agreement
The meaning of the word dissonance is lack of agreement.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| universal | including or covering all or a whole collectively or distributively without limit or exception |
| stymie | to present an obstacle to : stand in the way of |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| urbane | notably polite or polished in manner |
| executioner | one who executes |
| proviso | an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition |
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
| oratorio | a lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery |
| stoop | to bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees |