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 |
|---|---|
| discompose | to destroy the composure of |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| lien | a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law |
| cantata | a composition for one or more voices usually comprising solos, duets, recitatives, and choruses and sung to an instrumental accompaniment |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| inclement | lacking mildness: such as |
| coin | corner |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| obituary | a notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |