GRE Word List
MOTE
a small particle : speck
The meaning of the word mote is a small particle : speck.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| bicker | petulant quarreling : altercation |
| haphazard | marked by lack of plan, order, or direction |
| duration | continuance in time |
| mitigate | to cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify |
| orgy | secret ceremonial rites held in honor of an ancient Greek or Roman deity and usually characterized by ecstatic singing and dancing |
| interstice | a space that intervenes between things |
| evocative | evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| irreconcilable | impossible to reconcile |