GRE Word List
MOTE
a small particle : speck
The meaning of the word mote is a small particle : speck.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| forlorn | bereft |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| lax | loose |
| avarice | excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : greediness |
| prolong | to lengthen in time : continue |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| brusque | markedly short and abrupt |
| winsome | generally pleasing and engaging often because of a childlike charm and innocence |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| thermal | of, relating to, or caused by heat |