GRE Word List
MOTLEY
variegated in color
The meaning of the word motley is variegated in color.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| convene | to come together in a body |
| narrative | something that is narrated : story |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
| supposition | something that is supposed : hypothesis |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |
| purse | a small bag for money |
| exalt | to raise in rank, power, or character |
| bog | wet spongy ground |
| canvass | to go through (a district) or go to (persons) in order to solicit orders or political support or to determine opinions or sentiments |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |