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
conscientiousmeticulous
unrulynot readily ruled, disciplined, or managed
treadto step or walk on or over
wistfulfull of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy
modean arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval
foppishfoolish
barristera counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor
amicablecharacterized by friendly goodwill : peaceable
broodthe young of an animal or a family of young
crypta chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground