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 |
|---|---|
| discretion | individual choice or judgment |
| decelerate | to reduce the speed of : slow down |
| unearthly | not earthly: such as |
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
| propensity | an often intense natural inclination or preference |
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |
| equivocate | to use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| fringe | an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band |
| pilfer | steal |