GRE Word List
PIEBALD
composed of incongruous parts
The meaning of the word piebald is composed of incongruous parts.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| piecemeal | one piece at a time : gradually |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| inept | generally incompetent : bungling |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| puissant | having puissance : powerful |
| idyllic | pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity |
| chasten | to correct by punishment or suffering : discipline |
| sybarite | voluptuary |
| sluggard | a habitually lazy person |
| luminary | a person of prominence or brilliant achievement |