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 |
|---|---|
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| carnivorous | subsisting or feeding on animal tissues |
| alleviate | relieve |
| distill | to let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate |
| corpuscle | a minute particle |
| inebriate | one who is drunk |
| superannuated | outmoded |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| finery | ornament |
| importunate | troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand |