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 |
|---|---|
| shambles | a meat market |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| bitter | being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is peculiarly acrid, astringent, and often disagreeable and characteristic of citrus peels, unsweetened cocoa, black coffee, mature leafy greens (such as kale or mustard), or ale |
| warble | a melodious succession of low pleasing sounds |
| equity | justice according to natural law or right |
| dissonance | lack of agreement |
| jaundiced | affected with or as if with jaundice |
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |
| catholic | roman catholic |
| spartan | a native or inhabitant of ancient Sparta |