GRE Word List
MOTLEY
variegated in color
The meaning of the word motley is variegated in color.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| repeal | to rescind or annul by authoritative act |
| pry | to look closely or inquisitively |
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
| fortitude | strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage |
| maul | a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges |
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| frieze | a heavy durable coarse wool and shoddy fabric with a rough surface |
| analogy | a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect |
| serpentine | of or resembling a serpent (as in form or movement) |