GRE Word List
MOTLEY
variegated in color
The meaning of the word motley is variegated in color.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| acrimonious | angry and bitter : caustic, biting, or rancorous especially in feeling, language, or manner |
| luminous | emitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused, or glowing light |
| relapse | the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding |
| acuity | keenness of perception |
| fulcrum | prop |
| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |
| incisive | impressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation) |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
| mollify | to soothe in temper or disposition : appease |
| moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |