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Today's word is disparate, also pronounced disparate, and spelled D-I-S-P-A-R-A-T-E.
Disparate is an adjective.
Disparate things are noticeably distinct from one another in quality or character.
Disparate can also describe something that contains
or is made up of fundamentally different and often incongruous elements.
Here's the word used in a sentence from the Los Angeles Times.
Some of the spacious galleries feature a single artist.
One is devoted to murals, another to architecture,
but many are organized by themes rather than genre, period, place, or, and this is important, prestige.
Thematic groupings of disparate work has become a popular, though not uncontroversial, trend.
If you enjoy sorting different objects into separate categories,
you're well prepared to understand the origins of the word disparate.