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
pugnacityhaving a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent
vitreousresembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy
bereftdeprived or robbed of the possession or use of something
compensatoryto be equivalent to : counterbalance
decapitateto cut off the head of : behead
wontaccustomed
plauditan act or round of applause
excisean internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity
retractto draw back or in
deviouswandering