GRE Word List
MOTLEY
variegated in color
The meaning of the word motley is variegated in color.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| waif | a stray person or animal |
| spat | squabble; minor dispute; minor quarrel |
| casual | subject to, resulting from, or occurring by chance |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| stupor | a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility |
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| aptitude | inclination |
| barefaced | having the face uncovered: |