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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fallow | of a light yellowish-brown color |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| asinine | extremely or utterly foolish or silly |
| bland | smooth and soothing in manner or quality |
| lank | not well filled out : slender |
| epilogue | a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work |
| parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |
| amorous | strongly moved by love and especially sexual love |
| episodic | made up of separate especially loosely connected episodes |
| urgent | calling for immediate attention : pressing |