GRE Word List
MOTLEY
variegated in color
The meaning of the word motley is variegated in color.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| perdition | eternal damnation |
| iniquitous | characterized by iniquity |
| pigment | a substance that imparts black or white or a color to other materials |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| threat | an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage |
| cohere | to hold together firmly as parts of the same mass |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |
| trance | stupor |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |