GRE Word List

DAPPLED

marked with small spots or patches contrasting with the background

The meaning of the word dappled is marked with small spots or patches contrasting with the background.

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WordMeaning
converseto exchange thoughts and opinions in speech : talk
unceremoniousnot ceremonious : informal
panderto act as a pander
semblanceoutward and often specious appearance or show : form
cornucopiaa curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance
multiplicitythe quality or state of being multiple or various
precipitateto throw violently : hurl
browseto eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse
pillagethe act of looting or plundering especially in war
slapdashhaphazard