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 |
|---|---|
| gaudy | ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented |
| suppress | to put down by authority or force : subdue |
| pine | any of a genus (Pinus of the family Pinaceae, the pine family) of coniferous evergreen trees that have slender elongated needles and include some valuable timber trees and ornamentals |
| forsake | to renounce or turn away from entirely |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| sedulous | involving or accomplished with careful perseverance |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| paramour | lover |
| galley | a ship or boat propelled solely or chiefly by oars: such as |
| squeamish | easily nauseated : queasy |