Congruent (adj)
kon-groo-ent
In agreement or harmony.
Late Middle English: from Latin congruent- ‘agreeing, meeting together’, from the verb congruere, from con- ‘together’ + ruere ‘fall or rush’.
Example sentences
“Her injuries are congruent with the shooting that took place.”
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