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 |
|---|---|
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| unwieldy | not easily managed, handled, or used (as because of bulk, weight, complexity, or awkwardness) : cumbersome |
| gist | essence; main point; substance |
| tend | to exhibit an inclination or tendency : conduce |
| terminal | leading ultimately to death : fatal |
| inconsistency | an instance of being inconsistent |
| embed | to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix |
| debar | to bar from having or doing something : preclude |
| transpose | to change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of |
| unconscionable | shockingly unfair or unjust |