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 |
|---|---|
| mercantile | of or relating to merchants or trading |
| impoverish | to make poor |
| tawdry | cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality |
| limn | to draw or paint on a surface |
| detraction | a lessening of reputation or esteem especially by envious, malicious, or petty criticism : belittling |
| dilemma | a usually undesirable or unpleasant choice |
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |
| sherbet | a cold drink of sweetened and diluted fruit juice |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| sensitization | the action or process of sensitizing |