GRE Word List
MOTE
a small particle : speck
The meaning of the word mote is a small particle : speck.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| irrevocable | not possible to revoke : unalterable |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| extricate | to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty |
| cathartic | of, relating to, or producing catharsis |
| incontinent | not continent: such as |
| rapture | an expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion |
| decelerate | to reduce the speed of : slow down |
| theocracy | government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| apothegm | a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism |