GRE Word List
MOTLEY
variegated in color
The meaning of the word motley is variegated in color.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| savant | a person of learning |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| aviary | a place for keeping birds confined |
| luster | a glow of reflected light : sheen |
| engulf | to flow over and enclose : overwhelm |
| cohesion | the act or state of sticking together tightly |
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
| deterrent | serving to discourage, prevent, or inhibit : serving to deter |
| precarious | dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments |