GRE Word List
MOTLEY
variegated in color
The meaning of the word motley is variegated in color.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| termination | end in time or existence : conclusion |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| miserly | of, relating to, or characteristic of a miser |
| limbo | an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism |
| edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |
| torpedo | a weapon for destroying ships by rupturing their hulls below the waterline: such as |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| fleck | streak |
| disarray | a lack of order or sequence : confusion |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |