GRE Word List
MOTLEY
variegated in color
The meaning of the word motley is variegated in color.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| barterer | to trade by exchanging one commodity for another : to trade goods or services in exchange for other goods or services |
| chore | the regular or daily light work of a household or farm |
| exorcise | to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| filibuster | an irregular military adventurer |
| blighted | affected with blight (see blight |
| calligraphy | artistic, stylized, or elegant handwriting or lettering |
| sarcasm | a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain |
| surly | menacing or threatening in appearance |
| intimate | marked by a warm friendship developing through long association |