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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effectiveproducing a decided, decisive, or desired effect
vagrantone who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support
entitybeing
empathythe action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner
authoritarianof, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority
grazeto feed on growing herbage, attached algae, or phytoplankton
discerningshowing insight and understanding : discriminating
apogeethe point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth
rakishof, relating to, or characteristic of a rake : dissolute
chauvinistan attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex