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 |
|---|---|
| pittance | a small portion, amount, or allowance |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| underscore | to draw a line under : underline |
| amity | friendship |
| derision | the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt |
| equivocate | to use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive |
| incognito | with one's identity concealed |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| chorus | a company of singers and dancers in Athenian drama participating in or commenting on the action |
| whittle | a large knife |