GRE Word List

INCONGRUITY

the quality or state of being incongruous

The meaning of the word incongruity is the quality or state of being incongruous.

Random words

WordMeaning
assimilateto take into the mind and thoroughly understand
minutethe 60th part of an hour of time : 60 seconds
alienateto cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed
ripto tear or split apart or open
poulticea soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions
congealto change from a fluid to a solid state by or as if by cold
unceremoniousnot ceremonious : informal
hypotheticalinvolving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural
intangiblenot tangible : impalpable
embedto enclose closely in or as if in a matrix