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 |
|---|---|
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |
| inundate | overwhelm |
| porridge | a soft food made by boiling meal of grains or legumes in milk or water until thick |
| bulwark | a solid wall-like structure raised for defense : rampart |
| abyss | an immeasurably deep gulf or great space |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| muggy | being warm, damp, and close |
| gradation | a series forming successive stages |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| inamorata | a woman with whom one is in love or has intimate relations |