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
centurionan officer commanding a Roman century
imponderablenot ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness
complementsomething that fills up, completes, or makes better or perfect
travailwork especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil
sleightdeceitful craftiness
phobiaan exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation
steadfastfirmly fixed in place : immovable
tricksterone who tricks: such as
immureto enclose within or as if within walls
forsaketo renounce or turn away from entirely