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
nattytrimly neat and tidy : smart
urbanenotably polite or polished in manner
impartto give, convey, or grant from or as if from a store
tundraa level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs
nauseateto become affected with nausea
rotundmarked by roundness : rounded
transitiona change or shift from one state, subject, place, etc. to another
emolumentthe returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites
extenuateto lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate
auroraldawn