GRE Word List
PIEBALD
composed of incongruous parts
The meaning of the word piebald is composed of incongruous parts.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| roseate | resembling a rose especially in color |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
| stygian | of or relating to the river Styx |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| contusion | injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise |
| rousing | giving rise to excitement : stirring |
| impromptu | made, done, or formed on or as if on the spur of the moment : improvised |
| clime | climate |
| hindrance | the state of being interfered with, held back, or slowed down : the state of being hindered |
| patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |