GRE Word List
MOTLEY
variegated in color
The meaning of the word motley is variegated in color.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| rococo | rococo work or style |
| fundamental | serving as a basis supporting existence or determining essential structure or function : basic |
| plasticity | the quality or state of being plastic |
| tatter | to make ragged |
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |
| bureaucracy | a body of nonelected government officials |
| connubial | of or relating to the married state : conjugal |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood) |