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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
| defunct | no longer living, existing, or functioning |
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
| ordination | the act or an instance of ordaining : the state of being ordained |
| ordinance | an authoritative decree or direction : order |
| lexicographer | an author or editor of a dictionary |
| masquerade | a social gathering of persons wearing masks and often fantastic costumes |
| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |
| threat | an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage |
| choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |