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 |
|---|---|
| prelate | an ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank |
| skirmish | a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| obsessive | tending to cause obsession |
| resort | one that affords aid or refuge : resource |
| homely | suggestive or characteristic of a place of residence or home |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |
| complement | something that fills up, completes, or makes better or perfect |
| explicate | to give a detailed explanation of |