GRE Word List
DISSONANCE
lack of agreement
The meaning of the word dissonance is lack of agreement.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vicissitude | the quality or state of being changeable : mutability |
| glossary | a collection of textual glosses or of specialized terms with their meanings |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| glossy | having a surface luster or brightness |
| gossamer | a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather |
| quip | a clever usually taunting remark : gibe |
| compelling | that compels: such as |
| conformity | correspondence in form, manner, or character : agreement |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |