GRE Word List
MOTLEY
variegated in color
The meaning of the word motley is variegated in color.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sift | to put through a sieve |
| inured | to accustom to accept something undesirable |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| leeway | an allowable margin of freedom or variation : tolerance |
| prop | something that props or sustains : support |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| gullible | easily duped or cheated |
| tiller | one that tills : cultivator |
| mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |
| ramify | to split up into branches or constituent parts |