GRE Word List
MOTTO
a sentence, phrase, or word inscribed on something as appropriate to or indicative of its character or use
The meaning of the word motto is a sentence, phrase, or word inscribed on something as appropriate to or indicative of its character or use.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inerrancy | exemption from error : infallibility |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| primal | original |
| dormant | represented on a coat of arms in a lying position with the head on the forepaws |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| denigrate | to attack the reputation of : defame |
| penology | a branch of criminology dealing with prison management and the treatment of offenders |
| bard | a tribal poet-singer skilled in composing and reciting verses on heroes and their deeds |
| bland | smooth and soothing in manner or quality |
| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |