GRE Word List
PIEBALD
composed of incongruous parts
The meaning of the word piebald is composed of incongruous parts.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| proxy | the agency, function, or office of a deputy who acts as a substitute for another |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| churlish | of, resembling, or characteristic of a churl : vulgar |
| censure | a judgment involving condemnation |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| accommodate | to provide with something desired, needed, or suited |
| ebb | the reflux of the tide toward the sea |
| fussy | easily upset : irritable |
| inverse | opposite in order, nature, or effect |