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 |
|---|---|
| solecism | an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence |
| platitude | the quality or state of being dull or insipid |
| accost | to approach and speak to (someone) in an often challenging or aggressive way |
| homily | a usually short sermon |
| jaundice | yellowish pigmentation of the skin, tissues, and body fluids caused by the deposition of bile pigments |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| induce | to move by persuasion or influence |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| dote | to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage |
| rider | one that rides |