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 |
|---|---|
| swelter | to suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat |
| gainsay | to declare to be untrue or invalid |
| dint | force |
| apropos | being both relevant and opportune |
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| atrocity | a shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| reduce | to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate |
| sere | being dried and withered |
| catalyst | a substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible |