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.

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WordMeaning
trampletramp
figurea number symbol : numeral
promptto move to action : incite
vulnerablecapable of being physically or emotionally wounded
militiaa part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in emergency
disjunctiona sharp cleavage : disunion
concurrentoperating or occurring at the same time
vertebrateany of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life
whineto utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry
dodderingfeeble