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 |
|---|---|
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| denizen | inhabitant |
| unction | the act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing |
| rag | a waste piece of cloth |
| rousing | giving rise to excitement : stirring |
| defame | to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel |
| crave | to ask for earnestly : beg |
| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
| clandestine | marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious |
| proscenium | the stage of an ancient Greek or Roman theater |