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 |
|---|---|
| tremulous | characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors |
| edifice | building |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| inadvertently | unintentional |
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
| skulk | to move in a stealthy or furtive manner |
| meticulous | marked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment of details |
| exiguous | excessively scanty : inadequate |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |