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 |
|---|---|
| swathe | a band used in swathing |
| invidious | of an unpleasant or objectionable nature : obnoxious |
| acetic | vinegary |
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |
| flounder | flatfish |
| regent | a person who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| conclave | a private meeting or secret assembly |