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 |
|---|---|
| coddle | to cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point |
| gaunt | excessively thin and angular |
| incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |
| voracious | having a huge appetite : ravenous |
| prevail | to gain ascendancy through strength or superiority : triumph |
| apposite | highly pertinent or appropriate : apt |
| desperado | a bold or violent criminal |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| dishearten | to cause to lose hope, enthusiasm, or courage : to cause to lose spirit or morale |