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 |
|---|---|
| recession | the act or action of receding : withdrawal |
| varnish | a liquid preparation that when applied to a surface dries to form a hard lustrous typically transparent coating |
| grisly | inspiring horror or intense fear |
| oligarchy | government by the few |
| miscellany | separate writings collected in one volume |
| revert | to come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject) |
| hirsute | hairy |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| insipid | lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge : dull |
| lionize | to treat as an object of great interest or importance |