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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| unsullied | not soiled or tarnished : not sullied |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| yore | time past and especially long past |
| ration | a food allowance for one day |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |
| scrimmage | a minor battle : skirmish |
| upright | perpendicular |
| sway | the action or an instance of swaying or of being swayed : an oscillating, fluctuating, or sweeping motion |
| callous | being hardened and thickened |