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 |
|---|---|
| granary | a storehouse for threshed grain |
| adept | thoroughly proficient : expert |
| scorch | to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture |
| career | a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling |
| optometrist | a specialist licensed to practice optometry compare ophthalmologist |
| wanderlust | strong longing for or impulse toward wandering |
| repel | to drive back : repulse |
| gracious | marked by kindness and courtesy |
| affinity | relationship by marriage |
| arboretum | a place where trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants are cultivated for scientific and educational purposes |