GRE Word List
SPECK
a small discoloration or spot especially from stain or decay
The meaning of the word speck is a small discoloration or spot especially from stain or decay.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| supple | compliant often to the point of obsequiousness |
| nauseate | to become affected with nausea |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| insouciant | lighthearted unconcern : nonchalance |
| ensue | to strive to attain : pursue |
| febrile | marked or caused by fever : feverish |
| plumage | the feathers of a bird |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| bookish | of or relating to books |
| unrequited | not requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind |