GRE Word List
DISSONANCE
lack of agreement
The meaning of the word dissonance is lack of agreement.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |
| introspective | characterized by examination of one's own thoughts and feelings : thoughtfully reflective : employing, marked by, or tending to introspection |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |
| precept | a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action |
| sibling | sib |
| choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |
| skeptic | an adherent or advocate of skepticism |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| hone | to sharpen or smooth with a whetstone |