GRE Word List
MOTE
a small particle : speck
The meaning of the word mote is a small particle : speck.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| parlance | speech |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| brocade | a rich silk fabric with raised patterns in gold and silver |
| jeopardize | to expose to danger or risk : imperil |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |
| scad | any of several carangid fishes (especially of the genus Decapterus) |
| terminal | leading ultimately to death : fatal |
| polyglot | one who is polyglot |