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 |
|---|---|
| stymie | to present an obstacle to : stand in the way of |
| venerate | to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference |
| occident | west |
| indicative | serving to indicate |
| ingrained | forming a part of the essence or inmost being : deep-seated |
| meretricious | of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution |
| overture | an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal |
| stratum | a bed or layer artificially made |
| ego | the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |