GRE Word List
CHECKERED
marked by alternating squares of different colors, shades, or materials
The meaning of the word checkered is marked by alternating squares of different colors, shades, or materials.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| smug | highly self-satisfied |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| prize | something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance |
| anthropomorphic | described or thought of as having a human form or human attributes |
| piscatorial | piscatory |
| heinous | hatefully or shockingly evil : abominable |
| biennial | occurring every two years |
| metamorphosis | change of physical form, structure, or substance especially by supernatural means |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| stump | the basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed |