GRE Word List
MOTE
a small particle : speck
The meaning of the word mote is a small particle : speck.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| minatory | having a menacing quality |
| malignant | tending to produce death or deterioration |
| occult | to shut off from view or exposure : cover |
| tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |
| dazzle | to lose clear vision especially from looking at bright light |
| callow | lacking adult sophistication : immature |
| visceral | felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| wag | to be in motion : stir |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |