GRE Word List
PIEBALD
composed of incongruous parts
The meaning of the word piebald is composed of incongruous parts.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bedizen | to dress or adorn gaudily |
| sleeper | one that sleeps |
| avow | to declare assuredly |
| protagonist | the principal character in a literary work (such as a drama or story) |
| fuddle | booze |
| vise | any of various tools with two jaws for holding work that close usually by a screw, lever, or cam |
| maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |
| brusque | markedly short and abrupt |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |