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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| flotsam | floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo |
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |
| shangri-la | a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia |
| pied | of two or more colors in blotches |
| distraught | agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain |
| torrent | a violent or forceful flow of fluid |
| supine | lying on the back or with the face upward |
| kleptomaniac | a person evidencing kleptomania |
| maim | to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |