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 |
|---|---|
| formality | compliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony |
| disgruntle | to make ill-humored or discontented |
| knoll | a small round hill : mound |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| ample | generous or more than adequate in size, scope, or capacity |
| bolster | a long pillow or cushion |
| apex | the uppermost point : vertex |
| deciduous | falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle |
| inamorata | a woman with whom one is in love or has intimate relations |
| vestige | a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost |