GRE Word List
STIPPLE
to engrave by means of dots and flicks
The meaning of the word stipple is to engrave by means of dots and flicks.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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compulsory | mandatory |
jocund | marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness |
chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
bar | a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening) |
hereafter | after this in sequence or in time |
sheer | unqualified |
depravity | a corrupt act or practice |
internecine | of, relating to, or involving conflict within a group |
appall | to overcome with consternation, shock, or dismay |
fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |