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 |
|---|---|
| bogus | not genuine : counterfeit |
| embroil | to throw into disorder or confusion |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| spasmodic | relating to or affected or characterized by spasm |
| jug | a large deep container (as of glass, earthenware, or plastic) with a narrow mouth and a handle |
| monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| tyranny | oppressive power |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |