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 |
|---|---|
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| intolerant | unable or unwilling to endure |
| clique | a narrow exclusive circle or group of persons |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| monochromatic | having or consisting of one color or hue |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| ornithologist | a branch of zoology dealing with birds |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| abject | sunk to or existing in a low state or condition : very bad or severe |
| unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |