GRE Word List

MOTE

a small particle : speck

The meaning of the word mote is a small particle : speck.

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WordMeaning
acclivityan ascending slope (as of a hill)
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latentpresent and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic
glossarya collection of textual glosses or of specialized terms with their meanings
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