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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| squalor | the quality or state of being squalid |
| iconoclastic | a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions |
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
| blunt | having an edge or point that is not sharp |
| raconteur | a person who excels in telling anecdotes |
| artless | lacking art, knowledge, or skill : uncultured |
| prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| transcribe | to make a written copy of |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |