Flashcards: Latin Derivatives

discrepant

 

differing, disagreeing, discordant, inharmonious

 

She was uncomfortable among people with discrepant religious ideas.

 

Related English word: discrepancy

 

Latin root words: crepo, crepare, crepui, crepitus - to rattle, creak; discrepantia, discrepantiae, f. - dissimilarily; discrepatio, discrepationis, f. - a disagreement; discrepo, discrepare, discrepui - to be out of harmony, discordant

 

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