GRE Word List

PIEBALD

composed of incongruous parts

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

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tithea tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment
resumptionan act or instance of resuming : recommencement
dishonorlack or loss of honor or reputation
militateto have weight or effect
recapitulateto retell or restate briefly : summarize
deducibleto determine by reasoning or deduction
predicamentthe character, status, or classification assigned by a predication
modean arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval
metallurgicalthe science and technology of metals
nettleany of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs