GRE Word List
MOTIF
a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts)
The meaning of the word motif is a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| balk | to refuse abruptly |
| arrhythmic | lacking rhythm or regularity |
| serpentine | of or resembling a serpent (as in form or movement) |
| misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |
| careen | to put (a ship or boat) on a beach especially in order to clean, caulk, or repair the hull |
| transmute | to change or alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form |
| jaundice | yellowish pigmentation of the skin, tissues, and body fluids caused by the deposition of bile pigments |
| corpulent | having a large bulky body : obese |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| herald | an official at a tournament of arms (see arm |