GRE Word List
INCONSISTENCY
an instance of being inconsistent
The meaning of the word inconsistency is an instance of being inconsistent.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cognizance | a distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing) |
| exonerate | to relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship |
| kindle | to start (a fire) burning : light |
| masochist | a person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism |
| apiarist | beekeeper |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| irrelevant | not relevant : inapplicable |
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |
| stench | stink |