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 |
|---|---|
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| mercantile | of or relating to merchants or trading |
| expiate | to make amends for |
| slough | a place of deep mud or mire |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| loom | a frame or machine for interlacing (see interlace |
| swarthy | of a dark color, complexion, or cast |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| pontifical | episcopal attire |