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 |
|---|---|
| misgivings | a feeling of doubt or suspicion especially concerning a future event |
| opalescent | reflecting an iridescent light |
| mischance | bad luck |
| bridle | the headgear with which a horse is governed and which carries a bit (see bit |
| verbiage | a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content |
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
| suffuse | to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush |
| archipelago | an expanse of water with many scattered islands |
| lionize | to treat as an object of great interest or importance |
| reticent | inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech : reserved |