GRE Word List
DISSONANCE
lack of agreement
The meaning of the word dissonance is lack of agreement.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| clavicle | a bone of the shoulder girdle typically serving to link the scapula and sternum |
| scrap | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
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| impalpable | incapable of being felt by touch : intangible |
| promontory | a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water |
| succulent | full of juice : juicy |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |
| fathom | a unit of length equal to six feet (1.83 meters) used especially for measuring the depth of water |
| entity | being |