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 |
|---|---|
| automaton | a mechanism that is relatively self-operating |
| matinee | a musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon |
| reprisal | a retaliatory act |
| dys- | abnormal |
| inured | to accustom to accept something undesirable |
| hallowed | holy |
| spatial | relating to, occupying, or having the character of space |
| estranged | having lost former closeness and affection : in a state of alienation from a previous close or familial relationship |
| fugitive | running away or intending flight |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |