GRE Word List

PIEBALD

composed of incongruous parts

The meaning of the word piebald is composed of incongruous parts.

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WordMeaning
nauseaa stomach distress with distaste for food and an urge to vomit
conglomerationthe act of conglomerating : the state of being conglomerated
frivolousof little weight or importance
tempestuousof, relating to, or resembling a tempest : turbulent
precincta part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : district
deignto condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop
materialisma theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter
qualmsa feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety
espionagethe practice of spying or using spies to obtain information about the plans and activities especially of a foreign government or a competing company
isotopeany of two or more species of atoms of a chemical element with the same atomic number and nearly identical chemical behavior but with differing atomic mass or mass number and different physical properties