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 |
|---|---|
| stealth | a cautious, unobtrusive, and secretive way of moving or proceeding intended to avoid detection |
| superannuated | outmoded |
| aver | to declare positively |
| guffaw | a loud or boisterous burst of laughter |
| dotage | a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| potentate | ruler |
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |
| tinge | a slight staining or suffusing shade or color |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |