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 |
|---|---|
| prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |
| import | to bring from a foreign or external source: such as |
| alacrity | promptness in response : cheerful readiness |
| tirade | a protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative, or harshly censorious language |
| urbane | notably polite or polished in manner |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| sovereign | one possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty |
| dormant | represented on a coat of arms in a lying position with the head on the forepaws |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| illusive | based on or producing illusion : illusory |