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 |
|---|---|
| steadfast | firmly fixed in place : immovable |
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
| tenet | a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true |
| diligence | steady, earnest, and energetic effort : devoted and painstaking work and application to accomplish an undertaking : assiduity |
| waver | to vacillate irresolutely between choices : fluctuate in opinion, allegiance, or direction |
| engulf | to flow over and enclose : overwhelm |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |
| oratorio | a lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery |