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 |
|---|---|
| herbivorous | feeding on plants |
| wrinkle | a small ridge or furrow especially when formed on a surface by the shrinking or contraction of a smooth substance : crease |
| nugatory | of little or no consequence : trifling |
| thermal | of, relating to, or caused by heat |
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra |
| sprout | to grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout |
| gazette | newspaper |
| viper | a common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans |
| estranged | having lost former closeness and affection : in a state of alienation from a previous close or familial relationship |