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 |
|---|---|
| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |
| palpitate | to beat rapidly and strongly : throb |
| concise | marked by brevity of expression or statement : free from all elaboration and superfluous detail |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| plumage | the feathers of a bird |
| haven | harbor |
| capillary | resembling a hair especially in slender elongated form |
| taxonomist | the study of the general principles of scientific classification : systematics |
| vertex | the top of the head |
| subaltern | particular with reference to a related universal proposition |