GRE Word List
MOTLEY
variegated in color
The meaning of the word motley is variegated in color.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| drastic | acting rapidly or violently |
| shift | to exchange for or replace by another : change |
| lax | loose |
| epitome | a typical or ideal example : embodiment |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| bully | a blustering, browbeating person |
| libel | a written statement in which a plaintiff in certain courts sets forth the cause of action or the relief sought |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| prophetic | of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |