GRE Word List

MOTLEY

variegated in color

The meaning of the word motley is variegated in color.

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touchingcapable of arousing emotions of tenderness or compassion
inviolablesecure from violation or profanation
dialecticalof, relating to, or in accordance with dialectic
finitehaving definite or definable limits
abdicateto renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function
prudea person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum
ambivalencesimultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action
analogya comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect
scourgewhip
solsticeeither of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21