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 |
|---|---|
| tortuous | marked by repeated twists, bends, or turns : winding |
| invulnerable | incapable of being wounded, injured, or harmed |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| apiculture | the keeping of bees especially on a large scale |
| dainty | something delicious to the taste |
| leeway | an allowable margin of freedom or variation : tolerance |
| incognito | with one's identity concealed |
| unobtrusive | not obtrusive : not blatant, arresting, or aggressive : inconspicuous |
| protagonist | the principal character in a literary work (such as a drama or story) |
| opportune | suitable or convenient for a particular occurrence |