GRE Word List
MOTTLED
marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors
The meaning of the word mottled is marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| regicide | a person who kills a king |
| enjoin | to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| treatise | a systematic exposition or argument in writing including a methodical discussion of the facts and principles involved and conclusions reached |
| reprisal | a retaliatory act |
| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |
| caldron | a large kettle or boiler |
| germ | a small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts |
| humble | not proud or haughty : not arrogant or assertive |
| pejorative | a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation |