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 |
|---|---|
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
| unction | the act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing |
| neologism | a new word, usage, or expression |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| armada | a fleet of warships |
| tempo | the rate of speed of a musical piece or passage indicated by one of a series of directions (such as largo, presto, or allegro) and often by an exact metronome marking |
| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |
| animus | a usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will |
| arch- | a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening) |